Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori

General abbot of the Cistercian Order

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1959

Place of Birth: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Profession: writer, Catholic priest

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori, O.Cist., born 1959 is since 2010 the Current General Abbot of the Cistercian order.He entered in 1984 Hauterive Abbey, became priest in 1990.
He was between 1990 and 1994 novice master in this abbey.
He was elected and ordained in 1994 as Abbot of Hauterive and in 2010 as 82nd abbot-general in succession of Maurus Esteva Alsina OCist.
He was succeeded in the abbey by Marc de Pothuau.