Fr. Ronan Newbold, C.P.

Fr. Ronan Newbold professed vows as a Passionist on July 22, 1963 and was ordained to the priesthood on May 24, 1969. He was sent to Japan and after two years of language school, he worked in a parish for one year and then at the Passionist Retreat Center located in Takarazuka. For nine years he conducted retreats on the weekends at the center and parish missions outside. In 1982 he returned to parish work in Nishi Chiba, and became pastor in the city of Shikama in Hyogo prefecture. In 1990 he was elected Regional Superior and served for eight years. He returned to the United States in December of 1999, and helped out at Christ the King Passionist Retreat Center in Citrus Heights, California. After being Associate Pastor at Immaculate Conception parish in Chicago for ten years, he returned to Christ the King for a year and a half and then was transferred to Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center in March, 2014.