Meet Abbot Brendan - Abbot of Belmont 

The Abbot is the responsible for the spiritual and material needs of the community and has oversight of its work and mission, at Belmont and its foundation in Peru.
He is supported by the monastery council.

About the Abbot

Abbot Brendan joined Belmont in 1987, having been a boy in the school and studied accountancy.

He did his theological training in Rome, with an Baccalauriate in Sacred Theology from the University of St Thomas (the Angelicum) and a License in Theology from Sant' Anselmo, specialising in monastic studies.

He was Novice Master in the community from 2000 to 2022, and in charge of Belmont's Retreat ministry from 1994 until 2022.

For nearly twenty five years he was Directory of the Monastic Formators' Programme in Rome, a three month course to help train novice directors from around the world, men and women, Benedictine and Cistercian.

In 2022 he was appointed Parish Priest of St Francis Xavier's in Hereford, a parish experience he loved. He also assisted the Bishop serving as Dean.

Abbot Brendan was elected Abbot in 2022.

He continues to draw inspiration from the Rule of St Benedict, and aspires with his community to listen “with the ear of the heart,” and “put nothing before the love of Christ."