Erik Varden

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Erik Varden OCSO (born May 13, 1974 in Sarpsborg ) is a Norwegian Roman Catholic religious and appointed prelate of Trondheim .

Life

Erik Varden completed his philosophical and theological studies in Cambridge and was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD . After further studies in the Eastern Church, he obtained a licentiate at the Pontifical Oriental Institute . On April 20, 2002, he entered the Abbey of Mount St. Bernard in Leicestershire in the religious community of Trappist one, put on 1 October 2004, the first and on 6 October 2007, the solemn profession from. On July 16, 2011, he received the sacrament of ordination from the Bishop of Nottingham , Malcolm McMahon OP , who had already ordained him a deacon on September 9 of the previous year .

After his ordination he taught at the Benedictine College Sant'Anselmo in Rome. At the same time he was an employee of the Scandinavian department of Radio Vatican . After returning to England in 2013, he took over the provisional management of Mount St. Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire, of which he was elected abbot in 2015.

On 1 October 2019 it appointed Pope Francis to the prelate of Trondheim . The ordination as bishop planned for January 4th of the following year was postponed to October 2020 for health reasons.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nomina del Vescovo Prelato di Trondheim (Norvegia). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 1, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Consecration in October. Domradio , July 2, 2020
  3. ^ Norway: Episcopal ordination postponed for health reasons. Vatican News , January 4, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Varden, Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian Roman Catholic religious, prelate of Trondheim
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarpsborg , Norway