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

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2005

18 December

Ottilien Congregation

P. Florian von Bayern OSB
(appointed Prior Administrator)
Benedictine Monastery Prince of Peace
Tigoni
PO Box 900
Limuru, Kenya

13 December 2005

Congregation of Jesus Crucified

Prioress Marie-Rita Syn OSB
Benedictines of Jesus Crucified
Monastery of the Glorious Cross
61 Burban Drive
Branford, CT 06405

19 October 2005

Austrian Congregation

Abbot President Clemens Lashofer OSB (re-elected)
Stift Göttweig
A-3511 FURTH bei Göttweig
Österreich (Austria)

18 October 2005

Brasilian Congregation

Revdo. Pe. Dom Hugo da Silva Cavalcante
Priore-Amministratore
Mosteiro de São Bento
Priorado da Santa Cruz
Caixa Postal 7045
BR-71619-970 Brasília DF
Brasil

8 October 2005

Brasilian Congregation

Prioress Mother Maria Regina Silva OSB
Mosteiro de Maria Mãe do Cristo
Caixa Postal 68
37440-000 Caxambu (MG)
Brasil

1 October 2005

Camaldolese Congregation

Prior General Bernardino Cozzarini OSB Cam
Monastero
I-52010 Camaldoli (AR)
Italia

29 September 2005

Good Samaritan Sisters OSB

Sister Clare Condon SGS
Congregational Superior
1a Harris Road,
Five Dock 2046
Australia

7 September 2005

Annunciation Congregation

Abbot René Fobe OSB
Sint Andriesabdij
Zevenkerken 4
B-8200 Sint-Andries
Belgie / Belgique

9 August

Bavarian Federation

Äbtissin Myriam Schmitt OSB
Abtei Maria Frieden
Kirchschletten
D-96199 Zapendorf
Deutschland / Germany

8 August 2005

Swiss-American Congregation

Abbot John Braganza OSB
Westminster Abbey
Mission, BC V2V 4J2
Canada

July 2005

Perpetual Adoration

Prioress Pat Nyquist OSB
Benedictine Monastery of Perpetual Adoration
31970 State Hwy. P
Clyde, MO 64432-8100

30 June 2005

Ottilien Congregation

Abbot José María Martínez Barrera OSB
Prior Administrator
Priorato de El Rosal
Apartado aereo 26177
Bogota, D.C.
Colombia

June 2005

Perpetual Adoration

Prioress Lupita Barajas OSB, re-elected
Benedictine Monastery of Perpetual Adoration
800 N Country Club Road
Tucson, AZ 85716-4583

13 June 2005

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Lois Eckes OSB
Saint Scholastica Monastery
1001 Kenwood Avenue
Duluth, MN 55811-2300

12 June 2005

Federation of St. Scholastica

Prioress Anne Shepard OSB
Mount St. Scholastica
801 South Eighth St.
Atchison, KS 66002-2778

27 May

Bavarian Congregation

Abt Barnabas Bögle OSB
Benediktinerabtei Ettal
Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz 1
D-82488 Ettal
Deutschland (Germany)

22 May 2005

Federation of St. Scholastica

Prioress Kathleen White OSB
Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore
Emmanuel Monastery
2229 West Joppa Road
Lutherville, MD 21093-4601

21 May

Annunciation Congregation

Prior Bernard Poupard OSB
Monastère Saint-Andre de Clerlande
Allee de Clerlande, 1
B-1340 Ottignies
Belgie / Belgique

19 May 2005

extra Instituta

Äbtissin Dr. Christiana Reemts OSB
Abtei Mariendonk
Niederfeld 11
D-47929 Grefrath bei Kempen
Deutschland (Germany)

5 May 2005

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Teresia Saito OSB
(re-elected)
Saint Benedict's Monastery
4-10, 2 Jo 6 Chome
Atsubetsu Higashi-Atsubetsu-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 004-0002
Nippon / Japan

20 April 2005

Federation of Saint Gertrude

Prioress Lenore Paschke OSB
(Installed 31 July 2005)
Mount Saint Benedict
620 E. Summit Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716-2799

9 April 2005

Austrian Congregation

Abbot Christian Haidinger OSB
(monk of Kremsmünster)
Stift Altenburg
A-3591 Altenburg
Austria

extra Congregationes

Abbot Edmund Power OSB
Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Via Ostiense 186
I-00146 Roma, Italiax

6 April 2005

Federation of St. Gertrude

Prioress Clarissa Goeckner OSB
Monastery of St. Gertrude
HC 3 Box 121
Cottonwood, ID 83522

April 2005

Federation of St. Gertrude

Prioress Cabrini Schmitz OSB
(re-elected to 4-year term)
St. Scholastica Monastery
P.O. Box 3489
1301 South Albert Pike
Fort Smith, AR 72913-3489

ca. 29 March 2005

English Congregation

Very Rev. Caedmon Holmes OSB
Prior Administrator (3-year appointment)
Portsmouth Abbey
295 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, RI 02871-1352

13 March

Federation of Saint Gertrude

Prioress Ruth Fox OSB
Sacred Heart Monastery
P.O. Box 364
Richardton, ND 58652

8 March

Sylvesterine Congregation

Priore Don Felice Poli OSBSilv
Monastero San Vincenzo M.
via San Vincenzo, 88
01030 Bassano Romano (VT)

7 March 2005

American-Cassinese Congregation

Domingo Espíndola Lázaro OSB
(Appointed Administrator)
Abadía del Tepeyac
Apartado Postal 69
Bosques del Lago
CP-54766 Cuautitlán Izcalli
Estado de México, México
<Tepeyacabbey @ aol.com>

4 March 2005

Federation of Saint Gertrude

Prioress Carol Falkner OSB
(reelected to four-year term)
Our Lady of Grace Monastery
1402 Southern Avenue
Beech Grove, IN 46107

27 February

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Nancy Bauer OSB JCD
Saint Benedict's Monastery
104 Chapel Lane
St. Joseph, MN 56374

15 February 2005

English Congregation

Abbot Cuthbert Madden OSB
Ampleforth Abbey
York YO6 4EN
England, UK

21 January 2005

Anglican

Abbot Andrew Marr OSB (re-elected)
St. Gregory's Abbey
56500 Abbey Road
Three Rivers, MI 49093

2004

31 December

Swiss-American Congregation

Archabbot Justin DuVall OSB
Saint Meinrad Archabbey
100 Hill Drive
St. Meinrad, IN 47577

20 September

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Austin Chang OSB
Saint Benedict Monastery
No. 10, Lane 34, Hsueh Fu Road
Tanshui, Taipei 25114
Taiwan, ROC
Tel. (011-886-2) 2621-2241; fax 2629-9827
E-mail: <Taienem @ ms15.hinet.net>

14 September

Subiaco Congregation

Abbot President Bruno Marin OSB
Sant'Ambrogio
Via Sant'Ambrogio 3
I-00186 Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 06 688 027 92; fax +39 06 683 2952
E-mail: s.ambrogio @ tiscali.it

5 August

Ottilien Congregation

Conventual Prior Boniface Tiguila OSB
Monastère de l'Incarnation d'Agbang
B.P. 251
Kara, Togo
Tel. + Fax (+228) 0601 - 360
monastere.incarnation @ laposte.net

3 August

Beuronese Congregation

Abbess Sophia Schwede OSB
Benediktinerinnenabtei vom Hl. Kreuz Herstelle
Carolus-Magnus-Str. 9,
D-37688 Beverungen
Germany
Email: webmaster @ abtei-herstelle.de/

13 July

Brazilian Congregation

Abbot Robert Lopes OSB
Mosteiro de São Bento
Caixa Postal 2666
20001-970 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brasil
msb.rj @ openlink.com.br

28 May

American-Cassinese Congregation

Abbot Brian Wangler OSB
Assumption Abbey
Richardton, ND 58652-0901
monks @ assumptionabbey.com

2 May

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Carol Rennie OSB
St. Paul's Monastery
2675 Benet Road
St. Paul, MN 55109-4808

25 April

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Phyllis McMurray OSB
St. Mary Monastery
2200 88th Avenue West
Rock Island, IL 61201-7649

17 April

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Margaret Michaud OSB
(re-elected to third term)
Saint Bede Monastery
1190 Priory Road
P.O. Box 66
Eau Claire, WI 54702-0066

11 March

Ottilien Congregation

Prior Joseph Puthenpurackal OSB
Saint Michael's Benedictine Hermitage
Angel Valley, Kumily
Murukady 685 535
Idukki Dt. Kerala
India
Tel: +91 (04869) 222.38; fax: +91 (04869) 222.38

7 March 2004

Federation of Saint Benedict

Prioress Susan Berger OSB
(re-elected to third term)
Annunciation Monastery
7520 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504-9653

13 February

Subiaco Congregation

Prior Administrator
Gabriel Gilberto Jaramillo Mejia OSB
Abadia Benedictina de Santa Maria
Apdo. Aéreo 80982 - Envigado (Ant.)
Colombia
<monasterio @ abadiasantamaria.org>

14 January

Ottilien Congregation

Abbot Thadei Mhagama OSB
Benedictine Abbey
St. Maurus, Hanga
P.O. Box 217
Songea
Tanzania, East Africa

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