Rochefort

Dom Dom Gilbert Degros, abbot of Rochefort (Diocese of Namur, Belgium) since 2006, reached the age of retirement mentioned in ST 40.A of the Constitutions presented her resignation to the Abbot General. The Abbot General with the consent of his Council accepted the resignation, which became effective on April 27^th 2025.

On 31 May 2025, the community of Rochefort elected Father Petr Skarohlid as Abbot for an indefinite term.

Dom Petr was born in 1981 in Czech Republic. He entered Sept-Fons (France) in 2003, made his solemn profession in 2010 and was ordained a priest in 2014. He arrived in Rochefort in 2016 and, at the time of his election, he was Novice Master and Prior of the Rochefort community.

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