Father Francis Kline,
OCSO, was the third Abbot of
Mepkin Abbey
Mepkin Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The abbey is located near Moncks Corner, at the junction of the two forks of the Cooper River northwest of Charleston, and is located in the Diocese of Charleston.
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until his death on August 27, 2006.
He is buried at Mepkin Abbey in
Moncks Corner, South Carolina
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. He was a graduate of the
Juilliard School
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in
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and he was a skilled organist. He was in the process of trying to make the abbey more self-sufficient.
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In Memoriam: Dom Francis Kline OCSO
American abbots
2006 deaths
Year of birth missing
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