Maurus Esteva Alsina

Maurus Esteva Alsina or Maur Esteva i Alsina, OCist (10 July 1933 – 14 November 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 Poblet,^[1] he studied in Rome.^[2] He was elected abbot 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.^[3] In 1995 he succeeded Ferenc Polikárp Zakar as Abbot general of the Common observance. He was succeeded in 2010 by Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori. He died in the Royal abbey of Poblet.

Ordinations

Anselm van der Linde

Author

Poblet, escola de servei: sermons capitulars

References

^ "Maur Esteva i Alsina | enciclopèdia.cat" (in Catalan). Enciclopedia.cat. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
^ "Fallece el exabad de Poblet, Maur Esteva, a los 81 años de edad". Elperiodico.com. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
^ "Mor Maur Esteva, el reconstructor de Poblet i abat general del Císter | CatalunyaReligió.cat" (in Catalan). Catalunyareligio.cat. 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2017-06-21.