Pluscarden elects new Abbot

Fr Anselm Atkinson

Following Abbot Hugh Gilbert's nomination as Bishop of Aberdeen, Fr Anselm Atkinson has been elected as the new Abbot of Pluscarden. He was born in Cardiff, in 1956 and brought up in Liverpool. He became a novice at the age of eighteen at Pluscarden. He is the only Pluscarden monk to have been sent to study at Rome. He attended the Biblicum while living at the Curia.

He then returned to Pluscarden where he taught scripture to novices and juniors, he was sent to was sent to St Mary's Monastery, at Petersham, Massachusetts Abbey to help Fr Cyril. After Fr Cyril's death he became Superior and has remained there ever since. In 2003 Fr Anselm was elected Abbot Visitor of the English Province and followed this role throughout the world. He was elected Abbot of Pluscarden on 9 August.

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