Mount Saint Bernard

January 22, 2020 3:26 pm

Dom Erik Varden, Abbot of Mt. St. Bernard since 2015, presented his resignation after his appointment as bishop-prelate of Trondheim (Norway) on October 2, 2019.

On January 22, 2020, the community of Mt. St. Bernard elected as Abbot for a six year term, Father Joseph Delargy.

Dom Joseph was born in 1962 in Hornchurch (Great Britain). He entered Mt. St. Bernard in 1986, made his solemn profession in 1991 and was ordained priest in 1995. He was abbot of Mt. St. Bernard from 2001 to 2013 and, at the time of his election, he was prior of the community.