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Francis Kline

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3rd Abbot of Mepkin Abbey

Father Francis Kline, OCSO, was the third Abbot of Mepkin Abbey until his death on August 27, 2006. He is buried at Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Prior to entering the Trappist Gethsemane Abbey in Louisville Kentucky, he was a 1959 graduate of St Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia as well the Juilliard School in New York where he was a skilled organist. He was in the process of trying to make the abbey more self-sufficient.

Preceded byFr. Christian Carr Abbot of Mepkin Abbey
1990–2006 		Succeeded byFr. Stan Gumula

References

  1. Downey, Michael (1999). "Building a House for the Church". In Pierce, Joanne M.; Downey, Michael (eds.). Source and Summit: Commemorating Josef A. Jungmann, S.J. Liturgical Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780814624616.
  2. Byassee, Jason (2007). An Introduction to the Desert Fathers. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 9781621892922.
  3. Nahavandi, Afsaneh (2003). The Art and Science of Leadership. Prentice Hall. p. 5. ISBN 9780130458124.

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