Announcement of Election at Belmont Abbey
Fr Augustine • June 4, 2024
The Prior and monks of Belmont Abbey
are pleased to announce the election of
Dom Brendan Thomas
as the twelfth Abbot of Belmont.
Please pray for him and all the community.
Belmont Abbey Organ is the second largest organ in the County of Herefordshire. It has 3 manuals (keyboards) and 54 stops and is second only to the organ of Hereford Cathedral (4 Manuals and 67 stops) - Belmont has the largest organ in our Catholic Diocese.
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