Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (O.S.B. Silv.)

Sylvestrines

Also known as: Congregazione Benedettina Silvestrina (Italiano) / Kongregacja św. Sylwestra z Montefano (polski) / Congregatio Silvestrina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti (latine)

Type: Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Confederation: Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1231: Established as Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines) (English) / Congregazione Benedettina Silvestrina (Italiano) / Kongregacja św. Sylwestra z Montefano (polski) / Congregatio Silvestrina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti (latine) / O.S.B. Silv.

Contact Info

Address: Monastero Santo Stefano Protomartire, Via S. Stefano del Cacco, 26, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.679.38.60

Superiors

Abbot General:

Abbot Shamindra Jayawardena, O.S.B. Silv. (54) (2025.05.28 – ...)

Past Superiors

Abbot General:	Abbot Antony Chacko Puthenpurackal, O.S.B. Silv. (2019.05.28 – 2025.05.28)
Abbot General:	Abbot Michael George Kelly, O.S.B. Silv. (2007.09 – 2019.05.28)
Abbot General:	Abbot Leo Cornelli, O.S.B. Silv. (1959.10.18 – 1966.01.05)

Founder

Founder:

Saint Abbot Silvestro Guzzolini, O.S.B. Silv. (1231)

Other Former Members (1)

>2002: Fr. Ugo Paoli, O.S.B. Silv., Vice-Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Deceased Bishops (9 Bishops)

2026: Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Ratnapura (Sri Lanka)

1982: Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Badulla (Sri Lanka)

1977: Bishop Bernardo Regno, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

1935: Bishop Bede Beekmeyer, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

1911: Bishop Clemente Pagnani, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Kandy (Sri Lanka)

1879: Bishop Hilarion Silani, O.S.B. Silv., Vicar Apostolic of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1860: Bishop Giuseppe Maria Bravi, O.S.B. Silv., Vicar Apostolic of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1701: Bishop Lorenzo Kreutter de Corvinis, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Vieste (Italy)

1649: Bishop Giovanni Domenico Morula, O.S.B. Silv., Bishop of Polignano (Italy)

Saints (1)

1267: Saint Silvestro Guzzolini, abbot

Blesseds (2)

1290: Blessed Giovanni del Bastone, priest

1270: Blessed Ugo degli Atti, religious

Australia

Church of St Benedict, Arcadia, New South Wales
Monastery of St. Benedict, Arcadia, New South Wales

India

Monastery of St. Joseph, Makkiyad, Kerala

Italy

Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Czestochowa, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Chiesa di Santo Stefano del Cacco, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Eremo di San Silvestro Abate in Montefano, Fabriano, Ancona, Marche

USA

Holy Face Monastery, Clifton, New Jersey
Monastery of St. Benedict, Oxford, Michigan

Statistics (2024.12.31)

Houses: 28

Members: 209 (142 priests)

Last updated on 2026.08.26

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