Paulist Fr. Ronald Franco is postulator of the cause for canonization of our founder, Servant of God Isaac Hecker.

He is based at our motherhouse in New York City.

From 2010 to 2020, he was pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Knoxville, TN.

Prior to that, he served at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City (2000 to 2010) and at St. Peter's Church and Catholic Information Center in Toronto (1994 to 2000).

He was ordained a priest on October 28, 1995.

A Bronx native, he holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University.

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