Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception (O.S.B.)

Also known as: Österreichische Benediktinerkongregation (Deutsch) / Congrégation bénédictine d’Autriche (français) / Congregazione Benedettina d’Austria (Italiano) / Congregatio Austriaca ab Immaculata Conceptione (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

Statistics: 14 houses, 258 members (193 priests) (2020)

Address: Abt. Placidus Muchstrasse, 1, A-3591 Altenburg, Austria

Phone: (02982) 34.51

Website:

History

1625: Established as Benedictine Congregation of Austria (English) / Congregatio Austriaca (latine)
1889: Renamed as Benedictine Congregation of Austria of the Immaculate Conception (English) / Österreichische Benediktinerkongregation (Deutsch) / Congrégation bénédictine d’Autriche (français) / Congregazione Benedettina d’Austria (Italiano) / Congregatio Austriaca ab Immaculata Conceptione (latine) / O.S.B.

Churches

4 churches

Superiors

President:	Abbot Johannes Perkmann, O.S.B. (54) (2017.10.25 – ...)
President:	Abbot Christian Haidinger, O.S.B. (2009.11.18 – 2017.10.25)
President:	Abbot Clemens Lashofer, O.S.B. (1982 – 2009.07.06)
President:	Abbot Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B. (90) (later Bishop) (1978 – 1981.12.15)
President:	Abbot Koloman Holzinger, O.S.B. (1966 – 1978.09.02)
President:	Abbot Maurus Riha, O.S.B. (1958 – 1966)
President:	Abbot Theodor Springer, O.S.B. (1931 – 1958)
President:	Abbot Amand Oppitz, O.S.B. (1921 – 1930)
President:	Abbot Adalbert Dungel, O.S.B. (1889 – 1921)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B. (90), Bishop emeritus of Linz (Austria)

Other Present Prelates (1)

Fr. Bernhard Andreas Eckerstorfer, O.S.B. (52), Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Deceased Bishops (2 Cardinals, 1 Bishop)

2010: Bishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B., Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil)

2003: Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B., Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano, Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) and Ordinary of Austria of the Eastern Rite (Austria)

1889: Cardinal Cölestin Ganglbauer, O.S.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio and Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Last updated on 2023.01.08