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New abbot at Maredsous

  • Isabelle DESARNAUD
  • Dec 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 10

On Thursday 19 December 2024, the community of Maredsous (Belgium) elected Father François Lear as its 9th abbot.

Dom François Lear was born in Corpus Christi, Texas (USA), in 1962; he made his profession in 1984 and was ordained a priest in 2001.



Dom François Lear.
Dom François Lear.

Front row, centre: Dom Bernard Lorent Tayart, outgoing Abbot and now President of AIM; Dom François Lear, new Abbot; and Dom Maksymilian Nawara, President of the Congregation of the Annunciation.
Front row, centre: Dom Bernard Lorent Tayart, outgoing Abbot and now President of AIM; Dom François Lear, new Abbot; and Dom Maksymilian Nawara, President of the Congregation of the Annunciation.

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