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

Also known as: Congrégation bénédictine brésilienne (français) / Congregazione Benedettina del Brasile (Italiano) / Congregação de São Bento do Brasil (Português) / Congregatio Brasiliensis (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

1827: Established as Benedictine Congregation of Brazil (English) / Congrégation bénédictine brésilienne (français) / Congregazione Benedettina del Brasile (Italiano) / Congregação de São Bento do Brasil (Português) / Congregatio Brasiliensis (latine) / O.S.B.

Contact Info

Address: Mosteiro de São Bento, C.P. 138, 40015-970 Salvador, BA, Brazil

Phone: (071) 2106-5200

Superiors

President:

Abbot Filipe da Silva, O.S.B. (62) (2017.05.17 – ...)

Past Superiors

President:

Abbot Emanuel d’Able do Amaral, O.S.B. (2002.05.01 – 2017.05.17)

Other Former Members (4)

>2003: Abbot José Palmeiro Mendes, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1992: Abbot Inácio Barbosa Accioly, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1988: Abbot Martinho Michler, O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1947: Abbot Pedro Eggerath, O.S.B., Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

Archbishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

Archbishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. (77), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Bishop Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. (70), Bishop of Jataí (Brazil)

Deceased Bishops (4 Bishops)

2011: Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B., Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

2008: Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B., Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

1932: Bishop Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B., Abbot nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

1876: Bishop Luiz da Conceição Saraiva, O.S.B., Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Brazil

Abadia de Nossa Senhora do Monserrate, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Basílica Arquiabadia de São Sebastião, Salvador, Bahia
Basílica Abacial do Mosteiro de São Bento de Olinda, Olinda, Pernambuco
Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, São Paulo, São Paulo
Abadia da Ressurreição, Ponta Grossa, Paraná
Mosteiro Beneditino Santa Cruz, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
Mosteiro da Escuta do Senhor, Chã Grande, Pernambuco
Mosteiro São José, Mineiros, Goiás
Priorado Conventual Santa Cruz, Brasília, Distrito Federal
Priorado Conventual São Bento, Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Priorado São Bento, Fortaleza, Ceará

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Houses: 7

Members: 2,120 (86 priests)

Last updated on 2025.05.17

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