Mark Jabalé

OSB (born 16 October 1933), is emeritus Bishop of Menevia

Alexandria, Egypt and was a pupil at Belmont Abbey School. Upon finishing Sixth Form he immediately became a monk at the Abbey, and later studied French at university in Switzerland.^[1] He continued as a monk at Belmont and began teaching and coaching sport at his old school. He became Headmaster in 1969 and left that role in 1983.^[2]

Oxford University crew in the early stages of a winning streak from 1976 to 1985. In 1985, while actually in Peru himself, he was elected a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta.^[3] He remains a Steward, and in 1986 was the first Roman Catholic to preach at St. Mary's, Henley, at the Regatta Service. In 2018 he was the preacher at a service commemorating 200 years of Leander Club.^[3]

Chipping Norton, by the Archbishop of Birmingham, Vincent Nichols. In August 2020 he retired from parochial life and returned to reside at the Belmont Abbey.^[2]