The Maryknoll Society’s general council assumed office on September 27, 2021, to lead the approximately 350 Maryknoll priests and Maryknoll Brothers who currently serve in mission in 22 countries, including the United States.
Every six years, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers convene a General Chapter to establish goals and policy for the future, and to select new leadership.
Fr. Lance Nadeau, M.M.
Superior General
Father Lance Nadeau, a 38-year missioner who has served throughout the Middle East and Africa, has been elected Maryknoll Superior General. Father Nadeau, 74, is from Philadelphia, PA, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Fr. James M. Lynch, M.M.
Vicar General
Father James M. Lynch, a 27-year missioner who has served in Latin America and is currently Procurator General, has been elected Maryknoll Vicar General. Father Lynch, 74, is from Cleveland, OH, and the Archdiocese of Cleveland.
Fr. Timothy O. Kilkelly, M.M.
Assistant General
Father Timothy O. Kilkelly, a 39-year missioner who has served in the Asia Region and currently heads the China Educators and Formators Project, was elected a Maryknoll Assistant General. Father Kilkelly, 61, from Minneapolis, MN, and the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis.
Fr. Juan Montes Zúñiga, M.M.
Secretary General
Father Zúñiga was born on September 16, 1955, in San Antonio, Texas, where he graduated from South Antonio High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (1980) and a Master’s of Divinity degree from Maryknoll School of Theology, Ossining, New York (1988).