1. Charles Drennan attended Ilam School, St Teresa's School, Kirkwood Intermediate School and Christ's College.
18 Facts About Charles Drennan
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At St Teresa's, the nine-year-old Charles Drennan was introduced by a teacher to the book Promises to Keep by Dr Tom Dooley about the Vietnam War.
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Charles Drennan studied for the priesthood at Holy Cross Seminary, Mosgiel, for two years before being sent by his bishop, Basil Meeking of Christchurch, to Rome to complete his training at the Pontifical Urbaniana University.
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Charles Drennan later took postgraduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
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Charles Drennan was ordained a priest in Rome for the Diocese of Christchurch on 14 June 1996.
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Charles Drennan returned to New Zealand and served as a priest in the parishes of Hoon Hay and Timaru.
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Charles Drennan was then invited to work in the Vatican's Secretariat of State where he spent seven years.
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At the request of Bishop Barry Jones, Charles Drennan returned to Christchurch in 2010.
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In Christchurch, Charles Drennan held the title of Monsignor and the position of Diocesan Chancellor of the Diocese of Christchurch.
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Charles Drennan held the positions of Administrator of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Parish Priest of St Anne's Parish, Woolston, and chair of the Council of Priests.
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Charles Drennan was appointed coadjutor bishop of Palmerston North by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 February 2011.
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Charles Drennan chose as his motto caritas congaudet veritati, taken from the First Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 13.
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Charles Drennan was consecrated on 11 June 2011 in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North.
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Charles Drennan succeeded to the see on 22 February 2012, upon the retirement of Peter Cullinane.
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Charles Drennan's installation took place at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on 17 March 2012.
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On 7 March 2015, Charles Drennan joined with other protestors in a demonstration in Palmerston North in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Charles Drennan was a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania and a bishop member of the board of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office Ltd.
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Charles Drennan served as a member of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference Commission until his resignation in October 2019.