Abbot Bernard Robert Rooney, O.S.B.

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Sep 1934		Born
7 Mar 1959	24.4	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
19 Mar 1964	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
21 Sep 1971	36.9	Appointed	Superior of Kalumburu, Australia
19 Mar 1974	39.4	Selected	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
31 Mar 1974	39.5	Confirmed	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
1980	45.2	Resigned	Superior of Kalumburu, Australia
15 Jun 1980	45.7	Resigned	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia

MicroData Summary
Bernard Robert Rooney
Abbot Bernard Robert Rooney O.S.B.
(born 26 Sep 1934)
Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia

Event Place
Birth Place Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney

Please contact the Abbot through the Territorial Abbey of New Norcia.

a priest for years

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q822675

Source(s):

prof/ab/k012: CB, 29 Feb 2012
bp: CB, 4 Feb 2026

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