Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation (O.S.B.)

Also known as: Congrégation helvéto-américaine (français) / Congregazione Benedettina Elveto-Americana (Italiano) / Congregatio Helveto-americana (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

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception (December 8)

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History

1881: Established as Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation (English) / Congrégation helvéto-américaine (français) / Congregazione Benedettina Elveto-Americana (Italiano) / Congregatio Helveto-americana (latine) / O.S.B.

Contact Info

Address: Marmion Abbey, 850 Butterfield Rd., Aurora, IL 60502-9743, USA

Phone: +1 630-966-7750

Superiors

President:

Abbot Vincent de Paul Bataille, O.S.B. (85) (2011.08.08 – ...)

Past Superiors

President:	Abbot Peter Eberle, O.S.B. (1999 – 2011)
President:	Abbot Patrick Regan, O.S.B. (1987.07.28 – 1999.07.19)
President:	Abbot Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (84) (later Archbishop) (1984 – 1987.07.06)

Other Present Members (1)

Fr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B. (53), Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Other Former Members (3)

Abbot Primate Gregory John Frederick Polan, O.S.B. (75), Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

>2000: Abbot Primate Marcel Rooney, O.S.B., Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

1968: Fr. Patrick Cummins, O.S.B., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop)

Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (84), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop)

2018: Archbishop Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Indianapolis (USA)

Canada

Westminster Abbey, Mission, British Columbia

USA

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Conception, Missouri
Abbey Church of St. Joseph, St. Benedict, Louisiana
Abbey of St. Benedict, Still River, Massachusetts
Abbey of St. Benedict, Benet Lake, Wisconsin
Archabbatial Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln, St. Meinrad, Indiana
Church of St. Mary, Mount Angel, Oregon
Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois
Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon
Mount Angel Seminary, St. Benedict, Oregon
Mount Michael Abbey, Elkhorn, Nebraska
Our Lady of Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, Massachusetts
Prince of Peace Abbey, Oceanside, California
Priory of the Ascension, Jerome, Idaho
Subiaco Abbey of St. Benedict, Subiaco, Arkansas

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Houses: 16

Members: 447 (211 priests)

Last updated on 2025.02.18

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