Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland, O.S.B.

Also known as: Schweizerische Benediktinerkongregation (Deutsch) / Congrégation bénédictine de Suisse (français) / Congregazione Benedettina di Svizzera (Italiano) / Congregatio Helvetica (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

History

1602: Established as Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland (English) / Schweizerische Benediktinerkongregation (Deutsch) / Congrégation bénédictine de Suisse (français) / Congregazione Benedettina di Svizzera (Italiano) / Congregatio Helvetica (latine) / O.S.B.

Contact Info

Address: Benediktinerkloster, CH-4115 Mariastein, Switzerland

Phone: (061) 735.11.11

Superiors

President:

Abbot Vigeli Monn, O.S.B. (59) (2021.05.27 – ...)

Past Superiors

President:	Abbot Christian Meyer, O.S.B. (2015 – 2021.05.27)
President:	Abbot Benno Malfèr, O.S.B. (1997 – 2015)
President:	Abbot Pankraz Winiker, O.S.B. (1991 – 1997)
President:	Abbot Dominikus Löpfe, O.S.B. (1979 – 1991)
President:	Abbot Leonhard Bösch, O.S.B. (1967 – 1979)
President:	Abbot Basilius Niederberger, O.S.B. (1960 – 1967)
President:	Abbot Primate Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (later Cardinal) (1947.04.26 – 1959.11.14)
President:	Abbot Ignatius Staub, O.S.B. (1923.12.29 – 1947.03.29)
President:	Abbot Thomas Bossart, O.S.B. (1905.05.30 – 1923.12.07)
President:	Abbot Columban Brügger, O.S.B. (1896.02.28 – 1905)
President:	Abbot Basil Oberholzer, O.S.B. (1875.03.15 – 1895)
President:	Abbot Heinrich Schmid, O.S.B. (1846 – 1874)

Other Present Members (1)

Abbot Urban Federer, O.S.B. (56), Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Other Former Members (18)

>2013: Abbot Martin Werlen, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

2012: Abbot Georg Holzherr, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

2011: Abbot Rainmund (Franz Julius) Tschudy, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

2008: Fr. Basil Studer, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

1999: Fr. Magnus Löhrer, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

1962: Abbot Primate Bernhard Kälin, O.S.B., Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

1955: Fr. Athanasius Staub, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

>1846: Abbot Cölestin Müller, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1825: Abbot Konrad Tanner, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1808: Abbot Beat Küttel, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1780: Abbot Marian Müller, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1773: Abbot Nikolaus Imfeld, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1734: Abbot Thomas Schenklin, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1714: Abbot Maurus von Roll, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1698: Abbot Raphael Gottrau, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1692: Abbot Augustin Reding, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1670: Abbot Plazidus Reimann, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

>1629: Abbot Augustin Hofmann, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop Marian Eleganti, O.S.B. (70), Titular Bishop of Lamdia and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Chur (Switzerland)

Deceased Bishops (2 Cardinals, 1 Archbishop, 3 Bishops)

2019: Bishop Amédée Grab, O.S.B., Bishop of Chur (Switzerland)

1970: Cardinal Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B., Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln (Switzerland) and Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship

1945: Archbishop Raymund Netzhammer, O.S.B., Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania)

1941: Bishop John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B., Bishop of Bismarck (USA)

1896: Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B., Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA)

1696: Cardinal Celestino Sfondrati, O.S.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia and Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Italy

Basilika Mariä Himmelfahrt, Malles Venosta (Mals), Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige
Pfarrei hl. Augustin, Bolzano (Bozen), Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige

Switzerland

Abtei- und Kathedralkirche Maria Himmelfahrt und St. Mauritius, Einsiedeln, Schwyz
Basilika Mariastein, Metzerlen-Mariastein, Solothurn
Kirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Engelberg, Obwalden
Kloster Fischingen, Fischingen, Thurgau
Kloster St. Martin, Disentis, Graubünden

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 8

Members: 145 (98 priests)

Houses

Members

Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland (O.S.B.)