Nicholas Paul Crowe, OP, is the new Prior Provincial.
Meeting in Chapter, the friars of the Province of England have elected Brother Nicholas Paul Crowe, OP as their new Prior Provincial. His election was confirmed by the Master of the Order, Brother Gerard Francisco Timoner III, OP, on April 9, 2024.
“Deo gratias! It is with joy that the friars announce the election of a new Prior Provincial, Brother Nicholas Paul Crowe, OP, who has been elected and confirmed by the Master of the Order today, April 9, 2024″, write the friars of the Province of England. In the afternoon, after Vespers, the letter of confirmation from the Master of the Order was read and Brother Nicholas made his profession of faith and took the oath of fidelity, thus taking up his duties and succeeding Brother Martin Ganeri, OP.
Brother Nicholas grew up in Stevenage, near London. After studying geography at Cambridge University and spending a year working with Dominican Volunteers International in the Philippines, he entered the novitiate in 2008. After ordination, he was appointed vocation promoter and director for the English province, a position he held for several years before studying moral theology at the University of Fribourg. Following these studies, he was elected Prior of Cambridge in 2022, Prior of Oxford in 2023 and now Prior Provincial of the English Province.
The chapter now continues in Oxford under his presidency, as the capitulars discuss the needs of the Dominican mission in England, Scotland and Jamaica, work to implement plans and appoint brothers to further the Order’s mission for the salvation of souls. “Please continue to pray for us, and in particular for Brother Nicholas, who has been entrusted with this responsibility for the next four years. May God, who began this good work, bring it to perfection in Christ. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary and Patroness of the Order of Preachers, pray for us”, ask the brothers of the English province.
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