Charles Drennan
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The Reverend Charles Drennan |
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| Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North | |
| Province | Wellington |
| Diocese | Palmerston North |
| Predecessor | Peter Cullinane |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 June 1996 (Priest) in Rome |
| Consecration | 11 June 2011 (Bishop) in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Charles Edward Drennan |
| Born |
23 August 1960 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Residence | Palmerston North |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater |
Holy Cross Seminary, Mosgiel, New Zealand Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome |
| Motto | caritas congaudet veritati |
Charles Edward Drennan (born 23 August 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is the Second Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand (22 February 2012 – present).
Drennan was raised by an Anglican father and a Catholic mother. He attended Ilam School, St Teresa's School (Riccarton), Kirkwood Intermediate School and Christ's College. At St Teresa's, the nine-year-old Drennan was introduced by a teacher to the book Promises to Keep by Dr Tom Dooley about the Vietnam War. This book impressed Drennan, who was even then thinking of becoming a priest, with the notion of service.
After finishing university he spent a three-year period travelling overseas and worked for a period in a Ryder-Cheshire home in India for tuberculosis patients, special needs adults and children whose parents had leprosy. There he made the decision to become a Roman Catholic priest. He studied for the priesthood at Holy Cross Seminary, Mosgiel for two years before being sent by his bishop, John Meeking of Christchurch, to Rome to complete his training at the Pontifical Urbaniana University. He later took postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
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