Originally from New Zealand, Regan completed his further education in England with an MA in Christian Ethics at Kings College, London and then studied for Ordination in the Church of England at Westcott House, Cambridge. During his ordination training he spent five months on exchange to the Venerable English College in Rome, as well as one month's study at the Tantur Ecumenical Centre in Israel. Regan has been based at St John's on Bethnal Green since September 2003 as a self-supporting priest. He has studied iconography in the studio of Sr Bernadette Crook for the past five years. He is a member of the British Association of Iconographers. Regan's commissions include icons for Diocesan House, London, St Paul's Covent Garden and an icon for St Paul's Cathedral due to be completed early in 2008. He is currently working in an art studio in the Cathedral.