American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation

American-Cassinese Congregation
Abbreviation	O.S.B.
Founder	Boniface Wimmer
Type	Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)
President	Abbot John Klassen, O.S.B.

Founded 1855, the American-Cassinese Congregation is a Catholic association of Benedictine monasteries in the Benedictine Confederation.

The Congregation includes 25 monasteries; 19 are autonomous monasteries and 6 are dependent priories located in 15 of the United States, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Taiwan.^[1]

Abbot Boniface Wimmer OSB, founder of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, created the Congregation. Pope Pius IX erected it as a monastic congregation under the patronage of the Holy Guardian Angels.^[2]

The monasteries of the Congregation follow the Rule of Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547).

Monasteries in the Congregation[]

Founded from Metten Abbey, Bavaria

Arranged by History of Foundation:^[3]

St. Vincent Archabbey (1846) Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- Benedictine Priory (1877), Savannah, Georgia
- Mosteiro de São Bento (1650; dep. 1964), Vinhedo, Brazil
- Wimmer Priory (1964), Taiwan, Republic of China
St. John's Abbey (1856) Collegeville, Minnesota
- St. Martin (1895) Lacey, Washington
- Abadía del Tepeyac (1946) Tlalnepantla, Mexico
- (St. Maur Priory (1947; 1990–2004 dep. Newark) Indianapolis, Indiana - suppressed.)
- (St. Augustine Monastery (1947) Nassau, Bahamas, suppressed in 2005.)
- Abadía de San Antonio Abad (1947) Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Trinity Benedictine Monastery, Fujimi, Japan
St. Benedict Abbey (1857) Atchison, Kansas
- Mosteiro São Jose (1962), Mineiros, Goias, Brazil
St. Mary Abbey, New Jersey (1857) Morristown, New Jersey
- Saint Anselm Abbey (1889) Goffstown, New Hampshire
  - Woodside Priory (1957; dep. 1976-)
Newark Abbey (1857) Newark, New Jersey
- (St. Maur Priory (1947 SJA; 1990–2004 dep.) Indianapolis, Indiana - suppressed.)
Belmont Abbey (1876) Belmont, North Carolina
- Saint Leo Abbey (1889) St. Leo, Florida
St. Procopius Abbey (1885) Lisle, Illinois
- St. Andrew (1922) Cleveland, Ohio
- (Holy Trinity Priory (1948; indep. monastery, 1955) Butler, Pennsylvania - sui juris, 1 October 2006)
- Benedictine Priory (1966) Chiayi, Taiwan, RC
Holy Cross (1886) Cañon City, Colorado, suppressed in 2005
St. Bernard Abbey (1891) Cullman, Alabama
St. Bede Abbey (1891) Peru, Illinois
St. Peter Abbey (1892) Muenster, Saskatchewan
Mary Mother of the Church (1911) Richmond, Virginia
St. Gregory Abbey (1875 Pierre-Qui-Vire) Shawnee, Oklahoma
Assumption (1893 Einsiedeln) Richardton, North Dakota
- Monasterio Benedictino de Tibati, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Mount Saviour (1950) Pine City, New York

References[]

^ American-Cassinese Congregation from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015
^ General Principles Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015
^ Foundations Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015

Coordinates: 41°46′51″N 88°05′20″W / 41.78084°N 88.08887°W / 41.78084; -88.08887

[1] American-Cassinese Congregation from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015

[2] General Principles Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015

[3] Foundations Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from Order of Saint Benedict, retrieved 17 April 2015

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