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

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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)

Statistics: 15 houses, 465 members (221 priests) (2020)

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

Phone: +1 630-966-7750

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History

Churches

Superiors

President:USAAbbot Vincent de Paul Bataille, O.S.B. (83)Abbot Vincent de Paul Bataille, O.S.B. (83) (2011.08.08 – ...)
President:USAAbbot Peter Eberle, O.S.B. (1999 – 2011)
President:USAAbbot Patrick Regan, O.S.B. (1987.07.28 – 1999.07.19)
President:USAArchbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82)Abbot Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82) (later Archbishop) (1984 – 1987.07.06)

Living Bishops (1 Archbishop)

USAArchbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82)Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

Other Present Prelates (2)

USAAbbot Primate Gregory John Frederick Polan, O.S.B. (73)Abbot Primate Gregory John Frederick Polan, O.S.B. (73), Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

SwitzerlandFr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B. (51)Fr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B. (51), Chaplain of Pontifical Swiss Guard

Deceased Bishops (1 Archbishop)

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

Other Former Prelates (1)

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

Last updated on 2023.02.05

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