St. Meinrad monks elect new archabbot

Published: 2005-01-06

ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (CNS) -- The Benedictine monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey elected Father Justin DuVall as their new archabbot Dec. 31. He succeeds Archabbot Lambert Reilly, 71, who announced last spring that he would resign the position Dec. 15 after serving as archabbot for nine years. Archabbot DuVall, 53, is the ninth abbot and sixth archabbot of St. Meinrad, which in 2004 celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding. The community has 110 monks. A native of Toledo, Ohio, the new archabbot joined the Benedictine community at St. Meinrad in 1973, professed his solemn vows in 1977 and was ordained a priest in 1978.

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