27/06/2011
Press release
Issued by the
Catholic
Communications
Network
New Rector and
Vice-Rector
appointed to the
English College in
Valladolid
The Catholic Bishops
of England and Wales
have appointed Fr
John Pardo as rector
of the English
College in
Valladolid.
Fr Pardo, from
the diocese of
Gibraltar, is
currently
vice-rector at the
College and he
succeeds Mgr Michael
Kujacz.
Fr Darren Reid,
parish priest of Our
Lady of Sorrows and
St Francis,
Armthorpe,
Doncaster, will
become vice-rector
of the English
College in
Valladolid. Fr Reid
was previously
pastoral director at
Ushaw College in
Durham.
The appointments
will come into
effect at the start
of the academic year
in September. The
Royal College of St.
Alban, Valladolid,
was founded in 1589
for the training of
Catholic priests for
England and Wales.
Candidates for the
Priesthood live in a
community
environment and are
exposed to
spiritual-human
formation, during
their propaedeutic
year. This training
prepares them for
seminary formation
and roots their
faith in Jesus
Christ.
