Appointments and Results of Elections -
by date of election, installation or assumption of office and monastic congregation

"Monastic News Omnibus" of the ABA's American Monastic Newsletter and What's New at the OCSO website also track monastic elections.

2003

Subiaco Congregation

Prioress Monica Kamplain OSB
St. Scholastica Priory
P.O. Box 606
Route 33 (271 North Main Street)
Petersham, MA 01366-0606
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (978) 724-3213; Fax: +1 (978) 724-3574

16 December 2003

Olivetan Congregation

Abbot Christopher Zielinski OSB (blessing)
Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey
Pecos, NM 87552
U.S.A.
Tel: (505) 757-6415; Fax: (505) 757-2285
www.pecosmonastery.org//

15 August

extra Congregationes

Prior Jeremias Marseille OSB, appointed 1st prior
Tabgha Priory
Benedictine Monastery
P.O. Box 52
IL-14100 Tiberias
Israel
Tel: +972 (06) 672.10.61; fax +972 (06) 672.48.08
Email: tabgha@kinneret.co.il

14 August

extra Congregationes

Abbot Benedikt Lindemann OSB (re-elected for 8 yrs)
Hagia Maria Sion Abbey
Mount Sion
P.O. Box 22
IL-91000 Jerusalem
Israel
Tel: +972 (02) 5655-330; fax: +972 (02) 5655-332
Email: kontakt@hagia-maria-sion.net

23 July 2003

Bavarian Congregation

Abbot Johannes Eckert OSB
Abtei Sankt Bonifaz
Karlstrasse 34
D-80333 Muenchen
Germany
Tel: +49 (089) 55171-0; fax: +49 (089) 5517-100
Email: abtei@sankt-bonifaz.de

17 July

Bavarian Federation

Abbess Maria-Michael Newe OSB
Abbey of St. Walburga
1029 Benedictine Way
Virginia Dale, CO 80536-7633
Tel: +(970) 472-0612; Fax: +(970) 472-0612
Email: abbey@walburga.org

15 June 2003 (Installation)

Federation of Saint Scholastica

Prioress Laura Vallimont OSB
Benedictine Sisters of Elk County
St. Joseph Monastery
St. Marys, PA 15857-1095
Tel: 814-834-2267; fax: 814-834-3270

3 June 2003

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Claude Peifer OSB
St. Bede Abbey
Peru, IL 61354
Tel: (815) 223-3140; fax: (815) 223-8580

2 June 2003

Federation of Saint Gertrude

Prioress Kristine Anne Harpenau OSB
Monastery Immaculate Conception
802 East 10th St.
Ferdinand, IN 47532-9239
Tel: +1 (812) 367-1411; fax: +1 (812) 367-2313
Email: sisters@thedome.org

23 May 2003

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Neal Roth OSB (re-elected)
St. Martin's Abbey
5300 Pacific Ave SE
Lacey, WA 98503-1297
Tel: 360-491-4700; fax: 360-438-4441

17 May 2003

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Melvin Valvano OSB (re-elected)
Newark Abbey
520 M.L. King Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel: (973) 643-4800; fax: (973) 643-6922

15 February 2003

Ottilien Congregation

Prior Anthony Ochieng OSB
Benedictine Priory Tigoni
P.O. Box 900
Limuru, Kenya
Tel. (+254) 0154 - 40593, Fax - 41815
<bemonti@AfricaOnline.co.ke>

8 February 2003

Ottilien Congregation

Abbot Godfrey Sieber OSB
Benedictine Abbey Inkamana
P/Bag X 9333
Vryheid 3100
Rep. South Africa
Tel.: (+27) 034 - 981 2577, Fax (+27) 034
Godfrey@erzabtei.de

11 January 2003

Ottilien Congregation

Abbot Otto Lohner OSB
Abadia Benedictina San Jose
Apartado 3662 - El Trigal
Güigüe
Valencia 2002-A
Venezuela
Tel: +58( 045) 71.11.87; fax: +58 (045) 41.10.32

2002

29 December 2002

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Dismas Kalcic OSB
Saint Procopius Abbey
5601 College Road
Lisle, IL 60532-2500
Tel: (630) 969-6410; Fax: (630) 969-6426
Email
WWW: www.procopius.org/

27 December 2002

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Barnabas Senecal OSB
Re-elected 8th Abbot
St. Benedict's Abbey
1020 North Second Street
Atchison, KS 66002-1499
Tel: 913-367-7853: Fax: 913-367-6230
Email: barnabas@benedictine.edu
WWW: www.kansasmonks.org/

8 November 2002

Sylvesterine Congregation

Fr. Daniel Homan OSB
Re-elected Prior of the US monasteries
St. Benedict Monastery
2711 E. Drahner Rd.
Oxford, MI 48370
www.benedictinemonks.com/

26 October

Ottilien Congregation

Prior Edgar Friedman OSB
Digos Priory
Davao del Sur 9502
Pilipinas
Tel: +63 (082) 570.0053; fax: +63 (082) 553.6813

24 September 2002

Beuronese Congregation

Benediktinerabtei
D-56653 Maria Laach
Deutschland
Tel: +49 (02652) 590
Fax: +49 (06252) 593.59
E-mail: Abtei@maria-laach.de
WWW: http://www.maria-laach.de/

12 July 2002

Slavic Congregation

Fr. Prokop Siostrzonek OSB
Re-elected Prior-Administrator
Brevnov Archabbey
Sv. Vojtecha a sv. Markety
Marketska 1
CZ-169 01 Praha 6-Brevnov
Ceska Republika
Tel: +420 (02) 20.40.61.11; fax: +420 (02) 33.35.15.66

3 July 2002

English Congregation

Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB
Worth Abbey
Turners Hill
Crawley, West Sussex RH10 4SB
England, UK
Tel: +44(0)1342 710318; fax: +44(0)1342 710311

9 June 2002

Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

Prioress General Ramona Varela OSB
Monastery
3l970 State Highway P
Clyde, MO 64432-8100
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 (660) 944-2221
Fax: +1 (660) 944-2133
Email: Sister@benedictinesisters.org
www.benedictinesisters.com/

20 April 2002

American-Cassinese Congregation

Fr. Michael Naughton OSB
(Administrator, 19 July 2002-)
Mary Mother of the Church Abbey
12829 River Road
Richmond, VA 23233
Tel. 804.784.3508

16 April 2002

Annuntiation Congregation

Abbot Bernard Lorent OSB
Abbaye de Maredsous
B-5537 Denée, Belgique

15 March 2002

Bavarian Congregation

Abt Gregor Zippel OSB
Benediktinerabtei Braunau in Rohr
D-93352 Rohr
Deutschland
Tel: +49 08783 / 96 00-0; fax: +49 08783 / 96 00-22
Email: kontakt@kloster-rohr.de

February 2002

Federation of Saint Scholastica

Prioress Janice Futrell OSB
Red Plains Monastery
728 Richland Road SW
Piedmont, OK 73078-9324
Tel: +1 405-373-4565; Fax: + 405-373-3392
Email: osbokc@ionet.net

10 February 2002

American-Cassinese Congregation

Fr. James Tingerthal OSB (Collegeville)
Administrator
Saint Leo Abbey
State Road 52
St. Leo, FL 33574
Tel: 352-588-8624; Fax: 352-588-5217
Email: JTingerthal@csbsju.edu

5 February 2002

English Congregation

Abbot Paul Stonham OSB
blessed as 11th Abbot of
Belmont Abbey
Hereford, HR2 9RZ
England, UK
Tel: (01432) 269 986; Fax: (01432) 277597

22 January 2002

Solesmes Congregation

Mère Abbesse Marie-Elisabeth Bossu OSB
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Wisques
24 rue de la Fontaine
F-62219 Wisques
France
Tel. +33 (03) 21.95.12.26

20 January 2002

Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Abbot Brendan Freeman OCSO, re-elected
New Melleray Abbey
Peosta, IA
Tel. 563.588.2319
E-mail: monks@newmelleray.org

 

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