English Benedictine Congregation (E.B.C.)

Also known as: Congrégation bénédictine anglaise (français) / Congregazione Benedettina d’Inghilterra (Italiano) / Congregatio Angliae

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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

Contact Info

Address: Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, England

Phone: (01761) 235-121

Superiors

President:AustraliaAbbot Christopher Jamison, E.B.C. (72)Abbot Christopher Jamison, E.B.C. (72) (2017.08.01 – ...)

Past Superiors

President:EnglandAbbot Richard Yeo, E.B.C. (2001.07.13 – 2017.08.01)
President:EnglandAbbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C. (later Cardinal) (1900.09.26 – 1908?)

Other Former Members (1)

>2009: USAFr. Mark Sheridan, E.B.C., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

WalesBishop John Mark Jabalé, E.B.C. (90)Bishop John Mark Jabalé, E.B.C. (90), Bishop emeritus of Menevia (Wales)

Deceased Bishops (5 Cardinals, 1 Archbishop, 3 Bishops)

2011: EnglandBishop Michael Ambrose Griffiths, E.B.C., Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

1999: EnglandCardinal George Basil Hume, E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1990: SwedenBishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, E.B.C., Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

1986: EnglandBishop Basil Christopher Butler, E.B.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1931: WalesArchbishop James Romanus Bilsborrow, E.B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

1929: EnglandCardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

1398: EnglandCardinal Adam Easton, E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

1376: EnglandCardinal Simon Langham, E.B.C., Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England)

1181: EnglandCardinal Boso Breakspear, E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

England England

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland

USA USA

Wales Wales

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 12

Members: 194 (161 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.09.18

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