Rosendo Salvado
1814
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1900
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Spain
languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish
occupation: Catholic priest, missionary, Catholic bishop, Latin Catholic monk
position held: abbot, diocesan bishop, titular bishop, territorial abbot
Rosendo Salvado Rotea OSB (1 March 1814 – 29 December 1900) was a Spanish Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, pianist, composer, author, founder and first abbot of the Territorial Abbey of New Norcia in Western Australia. Salvado introduced the blue gum to Galicia, a species which displaced the native Spanish chestnut and oak. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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