Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.)

Trappists

Also known as: Orden der Zisterzienser von der strengeren Observanz (Trappisten) (Deutsch) / Orden Cisterciense de la Estrecha Observancia (Trapenses) (español) / Ordre cistercien de la stricte observance (Trappistes) (français) / Ordine dei Cistercensi della Stretta Osservanza (Trappisti) (Italiano) / Zakon Cystersów Ściślejszej Obserwancji (Trapiści) (polski) / Ordem dos Cistercienses Reformados de Estrita Observância (Trapistas) (Português) / 嚴規熙篤會 (正體中文) / 厳律シトー会 (日本語) / Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiæ (latine)

Type: Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Depends on: Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Statistics: 96 houses, 1,790 members (669 priests) (2016)

Address: Viale Africa 33, 00144 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.592.41.55

Website:

History

1664: Established as Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) (English) / Orden der Zisterzienser von der strengeren Observanz (Trappisten) (Deutsch) / Orden Cisterciense de la Estrecha Observancia (Trapenses) (español) / Ordre cistercien de la stricte observance (Trappistes) (français) / Ordine dei Cistercensi della Stretta Osservanza (Trappisti) (Italiano) / Zakon Cystersów Ściślejszej Obserwancji (Trapiści) (polski) / Ordem dos Cistercienses Reformados de Estrita Observância (Trapistas) (Português) / 嚴規熙篤會 (正體中文) / 厳律シトー会 (日本語) / Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiæ (latine) / O.C.S.O. (from Order of Cistercians (Cistercians))

Churches

37 churches

Superiors

Abbot General:	Abbot Eamon Fitzgerald, O.C.S.O. (74) (2008.09.08 – ...)
Abbot General:	Abbot Bernardo Luis José Olivera, O.C.S.O. (75) (1990.09.08 – 2008.09.08)
Abbot General:	Abbot Ambrose Southey, O.C.S.O. (1974.05.07 – 1990)
Abbot General:	Abbot Ignace Gillet, O.C.S.O. (1964 – 1974)
Abbot General:	Abbot Gabriel Sortais, O.C.S.O. (1951 – 1963.11.13)
Abbot General:	Abbot Dominique Nogues, O.C.S.O. (1946 – 1951)
Abbot General:	Abbot Herman-Joseph Smets, O.C.S.O. (1929 – 1943)
Abbot General:	Abbot Jean-Baptiste Ollitraut de Kéryvallan, O.C.S.O. (1922 – 1929)
Abbot General:	Bishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O. (later Archbishop) (1904 – 1922)
Abbot General:	Abbot Sébastien Wyart, O.C.S.O. (1892 – 1904)
Founder:	Fr. Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, O.C.S.O. (1664)

Living Bishops (3 Bishops)

Bishop Noël Delaquis, O.C.S.O. (84), Titular Bishop of Gravelbourg and Bishop emeritus of Gravelbourg

Bishop Yvon-Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O. (77), Bishop emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)

Bishop Édouard Mununu Kasiala, O.C.S.O. (82), Bishop emeritus of Kikwit (Congo-Kinshasa)

Deceased Bishops (2 Archbishops, 3 Bishops)

2008: Bishop John Willem Nicolaysen Gran, O.C.S.O., Bishop emeritus of Oslo (Norway) and President emeritus of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference

1978: Archbishop Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O.C.S.O., Archbishop emeritus of Catania (Italy)

1927: Archbishop Augustin Marre, O.C.S.O., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Reims (France)

1874: Bishop James Michael Myles O’Gorman, O.C.S.O., Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska (USA)

1865: Bishop Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O., Bishop of Dubuque (USA)

as of 2019.01.03