Ferenc Polikárp Zakar Ocist. (8 June 1930 – 17 September 2012) was a
Hungarian abbot of the
Cistercians of Common Observance. Between 1985-1995 he was in office as 80the General Abbot, and was succeeded by
Maurus Esteva Alsina Maurus Esteva Alsina or Maur Esteva i Alsina, OCist 1933-2014 was the Abbot general of the Common observance between 1995–2010.
Career
He was born in Catalonia, Spain, and entered in 1958 to the community of the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de ...
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Zakar was born in
Zmajevo
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,
Yugoslavia
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. He served as abbot of
Zirc Abbey
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History First period
The early history of the monastery is obscure as regards to bot ...
from 1996 to 2010.
He died, aged 82, in
Budapest
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Hungary
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References
1930 births
2012 deaths
Hungarian abbots
Hungarian Cistercians
Cistercian abbots general
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