Rosendo Salvado
Dom Rosendo Salvado | |
|---|---|
| 1st Roman Catholic abbot | |
Statute of Rosendo Salvado, located in his hometown of Tui, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain | |
| Church | Territorial Abbey of New Norcia |
| Diocese | Perth |
| Installed | 12 March 1867 |
| Term ended | 29 December 1900 |
| Successor | Fulgentius Antonio Torres |
| Other post | Bishop of Port Essington (1849 – 1867) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 February 1839 (Priest) in Naples |
| Consecration | 15 August 1849 (Bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1814 Tui, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain |
| Died | 29 December 1900 (aged 86) |
| Buried | New Norcia |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
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.