Photos courtesy of Ottilien Congregation
During an extraordinary General Chapter in Waegwan, Korea, the Congregation of Saint Ottilien elected a new abbot president on 18 January. Abbot President Javier Aparicio Suarez is a monk of the Archabbey of Sankt Ottilien. Until his election he served as Mission Procurator of the Congregation. He received the abbatial blessing from Archbishop Hyginus Kim of Kwangju on 19 January.