Bruno Fitzpatrick OSCO (1813-1893), was an Irish Cistercian monk who served as abbot of

Mount Melleray Abbey Mount Melleray Abbey () is a Trappist monastery in Ireland, founded in 1833. It is situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains, near Cappoquin, Diocese of Waterford. It closed in 2025. History The Cistercian order itself dates back ...

in County Waterford from 1848 until his death in 1893. He founded

New Melleray Abbey New Melleray Abbey (Abbey of Our Lady of New Melleray) is a Trappist monastery located near Dubuque, Iowa. The abbey is located about 15 miles southwest of Dubuque and is in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Currently the Abbey is home to about 16 mon ...

in the US, and Mount St. Joseph's Abbey in Roscrea.

Life

Bartholomew Fitzpatrick was born on 5 April 1813 at Boardstown, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, the son of Thomas Fitzpatrick and Elizabeth Taylor. His family moved to Trim, County Meath, where his father worked as a doctor. Fitzpatrick was educated at St. Suplice (studying classics) and the Irish College at Paris (divinity studies). Too young for ordination, he was appointed while a professor of philosophy in

St. Patrick's, Carlow College St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland and was founded in 1782 by James Keefe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, a ...

in 1836 until he was ordained for the Archdiocese of Dublin. He entered Mount Melleray in May 1843. In 1849, Dr. Fitzpatrick acquired 1000acres of land in Iowa, and

was established. Dom Fitzpatrick assisted at the Synod of Thurles as a mitred abbot; he was the only one among priors, abbots and superiors who were entitled to vote at the synod. Dom Bruno died on 4 December 1893 in Mount Melleray, and is buried in the cemetery there.Rev Bruno Fitzpatrick
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References

1813 births 1893 deaths People from County Westmeath {{morecat, date=April 2022