Photo : Courtesy Monastère de Chevetogne
Former Rotterdam Bishop Ronald Philippe Bär passed away on 8 March 2025.
Born in 1928 in Manado, Dutch East Indies, Bishop Bär joined the Benedictine Order in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1959. He received his episcopal consecration in 1982 and served as an auxiliary bishop in Rotterdam until his promotion in 1983. He resigned in 1993 and returned to his abbey in Chevetogne, Belgium.
May God reward him abundantly.