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

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, and entered in 1958 to the community of the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, he studied in Rome. He was elected

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in 1970, during end of the Franquisme and restoration of the Monarchy in Spain. During this period of 25 years the abbey flourished and was restored. In 1995 he succeeded

Ferenc Polikárp Zakar 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. Zakar was bo ...

as Abbot general of the Common observance. He was succeeded in 2010 by

Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, O.Cist., born 1959 is since 2010 the current General Abbot of the Cistercian order. He entered in 1984 Hauterive Abbey, became priest in 1990. He was between 1990 and 1994 novice master in this abbey. He was elected and ...

. He died in the Royal abbey of Poblet.

Ordinations

Anselm van der Linde Anselm van der Linde O.Cist. (born 24 September 1970) is a Cistercian abbot of the common observance, an Austrian citizen born in South Africa. He was Abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau from 2009 to 2018. Career Van der Lin ...

Author

* Poblet, escola de servei: sermons capitulars

References

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