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)

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

Phone: (071) 2106-5200

Superiors

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

Past Superiors

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

Other Former Members (4)

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

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

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

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

Living Bishops (2 Archbishops, 1 Bishop)

BrazilArchbishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (61)Archbishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil)

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

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

Deceased Bishops (4 Bishops)

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

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

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

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

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Statistics (2019.12.31)

Houses: 7

Members: 2,120 (86 priests)

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Last updated on 2024.10.21

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