Romuald Peter Gibson
Star of the Sea province
The Provincial, Brother Peter Carroll FMS, and the Provincial Delegate, Br Peter Horide, regret to announce that Brother Romuald Peter Gibson, fms died on Wednesday 29th March, 2023 at the Elizabeth Knox Home, Auckland.
He was 97 years of age and had been a Marist Brother for 79 years.
Norman Leslie Gibson born to Edward and Hilda (Walsh) in New Plymouth on 12th February 1926. Brother of Brian and Claire.
Started the Novitiate:
9th September 1943 Took his First Vows:
9th September 1944, at Claremont Professed his Final Vows:
1st December 1950, at Auckland
Appointments:
1944: Scholastic (Sept)
1945: Miramar (WLG)
1946: Tuakau—Juniorate
1956: St Paul’s College (AKL)
1958: Masterton
1960: Marcellin College (AKL)
1961: Casa Generalizia (Rome)
1968: Scholasticate (AKL)
1970: Casa Generalizia (Rome)
1971: Marcellin College (AKL)
1972: Claremont (Novitiate)
1976: Scholasticate (AKL)
1979: Dublin
1980: Fribourg
1986: Province Centre (NZ)
1987: Lincoln Street (AKL)
1992: Burnley Terrace (AKL)
1995: Glen Innes (AKL)
1996: Massey (AKL)
1999: Mairangi Bay (AKL)
2003: Northcote (AKL)
2008: Steins Avenue (AKL)
2010: Takanini (AKL)
2014: Kaikohe
2020: Onehunga (AKL)
2022: Elizabeth Knox Rest Home
KUA HINGA TE TOTARA I TE WAO NUI O TANE
“A giant totara tree has fallen in the great forest of Tane”
May he rest in peace