name

Bernhard Kaul

Bernard Kaul

                        Latin name

Bernardus

                 baptismal name

Oskar

                                 born

May 6, 1919 in Baden (Switzerland)

                higher education

Fribourg (Suisse)

                  ordained priest

March 25, 1944

         begin of monastic life

October 11, 1939 in Hauterive

October 15, 1940 monastic profession

                  responsibilities

1945-1955 secretary of the

Commissio liturgica Ordinis Cisterciensis

1955-1993 president of the

Commissio liturgica Ordinis Cisterciensis

Novice master in Hauterive

November 14, 1950 Prior conventualis

in Hauterive

February 25, 1959 Titular Abbot of Cherlieu

1973 (after restitution of the title)

Abbot of Hauterive

May 16, 1994 resignation as Abbot of Hauterive

1996 - November 2000 Superior of the

Abbey of Val-Dieu (Belgium)

                                  died

February 10, 2001 in Hauterive

                               buried

February 14, 2001 in Hauterive