Salvado, Rosendo, 1814-1900

Pioneer Catholic prelate. Born in Galicia, Spain, he arrived in WA in 1846 and subsequently established a Benedictine monastery at New Norcia as the centre of a mission to the Aborigines. In 1867, Pope Pius IX constituted the monastery as an abbey nullius dioecesis with Dom Salvado as perpetual abbot and bishop. The community at New Norcia included schools, farms and a Post and Telegraph Office.

From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1897. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223154738

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