Neenan, Benedict 1949-

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NEENAN, Benedict 1949-

PERSONAL:

Born January 3, 1949, in Kansas City, MO; son of James Patrick (in business) and Helen (a homemaker; maiden name, Dierks) Neenan. Education: Colorado State University, B.A. (history), 1971; Catholic University of America, S.T.B. (theology), 1988, Ph.D. (church history), 1996. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Conception Abbey, P.O. Box 501, Conception, MO 64433. Office—Conception Seminary College, P.O. Box 502, Conception, MO 64433. E-mail—benedict@conception.edu.

CAREER:

Conception Abbey, Conception, MO, prior, 1990-93; Conception Seminary College, president, rector, and instructor in church history, 1996—.

MEMBER:

American Benedictine Academy.

WRITINGS:

Thomas Vernor Moore: Psychiatrist, Educator, and Monk (biography; based on Ph.D. dissertation), Paulist Press (Mahwah, NJ), 2000.

Contributor to Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Research on nineteenth-century monastic history and a biography of Abbot Frowin Conrad, O.S.B.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Paulist Press Web site,http://www.paulistpress.com/ (November 20, 2003).

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