Hugh Gilbert
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The Right Reverend Hugh Gilbert OSB |
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| Bishop of Aberdeen | |
| Province | St Andrews and Edinburgh |
| Diocese | Aberdeen |
| Appointed | 4 June 2011 |
| Installed | 15 August 2011 |
| Predecessor | Peter Moran |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1982 by Mario Conti |
| Consecration | 15 August 2011 by Keith O'Brien |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Edward Gilbert |
| Born |
15 March 1952 Emsworth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Abbot of Pluscarden Abbey (1992 - 2011) |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Motto | Omnia in Ipso constant (All things hold together in Him) |
Hugh Gilbert OSB (born 15 March 1952) is an English Benedictine monk who currently serves as the Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland. He had previously served as the Abbot of Pluscarden Abbey, of which he is a member, also in Scotland.
On 15 March 1952, he was born Edward Gilbert in Emsworth, Hampshire, to an Anglican family. As a child, he was educated at the independent St Paul's School in London. At the age of 18, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church on Christmas Eve of 1970. He studied history at King's College London and graduated in 1974 with a first class honours degree in History.
Gilbert was received into the novitiate of Pluscarden Abbey in Moray, Scotland, in March 1975, at which time he was given the religious name Hugh. He made his temporary profession of monastic vows on 10 March of the following year and was then sent to the former Fort Augustus Abbey--located on the shores of Loch Ness--for studies and preparation for the priesthood. He made his solemn profession of vows on 10 March 1979 and was ordained a priest in 1982 on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June) by Mario Conti, then the Archbishop of Glasgow.
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