Obituary: Ampleforth monk and Guestmaster Fr Alban Crossley
1/1 Father Alban Crossley, the Benedictine monk and former Guestmaster of Ampleforth Abbey, has died in York Hospital at the age of 86. Fr Crossley was born in Farnworth, Lancashire, and first joined the monastic community at Ampleforth in September 1955. Between 1958 and 1961 he took a degree in physics at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, then from 1961-1965 studied Theology at Fribourg University in Switzerland. Fr Alban was ordained priest on July 18, 1965. From 1968-197...
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