Background

Bellenger, Dominic Aidan was born on July 21, 1950 in London. Son of Gerald and Kathleen Patricia (O'Donnell) Bellenger.

Education

Bachelor, Jesus College, Cambridge, England, 1972; Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1978.

Career

Research historian, U. Cambridge, 1972-1978; assistant master, Downside School, Bath, England, 1978-1982; housemaster, Downside School, Bath, 1989-1991; headmaster, Downside School, Bath, since 1991; monk of Order of St. Benedict, Downside Abbey, Bath, since 1982. Member committee Benedictine History Symposium and Commission, England, 1987. Resident, Rome, 1987-1988.

Housemaster Downside School, 1989-1991, headmaster, since 1991.

Achievements

• Dominic Aidan Bellenger has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator, monk by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • English and Welsh priests, 1558-1800: a working list
  • The French Exiled Clergy in the British Isles after 1789: An Historical Introduction and Working List
  • Opening the scrolls: Essays in Catholic history in honour of Godfrey Anstruther

Membership

Fellow Royal History Society, Royal Society Arts, The Huguenot Society. Member Ecclesiastical History Society England (committee 1982-1985), The Catholic Record Society (council since 1990).

Interests

• Avocations: speaking, journalism, traveling.

Connections

Father:

Gerald Bellenger

Mother:

Kathleen Patricia (O'Donnell) Bellenger