Born: 20 Jun. 1939 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota;
Professed: 11 July 1960;
Ordained: 9 Jun. 1966;
Elected 7th Abbot: 27 Dec. 1988;
Resigned as Abbot: 27 May 2004;

Moore served as chaplain at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck for a decade prior to his election. He had also worked in the Abbey schools earlier and held a degree in French.