Archabbot Leopold Krul, O.S.B.
Archabbot, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (1979-1983) A native of Pittsburgh, Leopold Joseph Krul had arrived at Saint Vincent in 1931 as a boy of
August 16, 2021
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Archabbot Paul R. Maher, O.S.B.
Archabbot, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (1983-1990) Archabbot Paul R. Maher, O.S.B., the tenth Archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey, died Thursday, June 29, 2017. He
August 16, 2021
Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.
Archabbot, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, (1990-2020) Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., served as the eleventh Archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey from 1991 to 2020.
August 16, 2021
Archabbot Denis Strittmatter, O.S.B.
Archabbot, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (1949-1963) A native of Hastings, Pennsylvania, fifty-three-year-old Denis Omer Strittmatter had come to Saint Vincent as a boy of
August 16, 2021
Most Rev. Rembert Weakland, O.S.B.
Archabbot, Saint Vincent Archabbey (1963-1967); Abbot Primate (1967-1977); Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1977-2002) Most Reverend Rembert George Weakland, O.S.B., retired Archbishop of Milwaukee, died on
August 16, 2021
Abbot Cyprian Bradley, O.S.B.
Abbot Holy Cross Abbey, Cañon City, Colorado (1926-1930) Abbot Cyprian Bradley, O.S.B., was the first abbot of Holy Cross Abbey. Holy Cross was a foundation
August 16, 2021
Abbot Isaac Camacho, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Leo Abbey, 2007-present The Benedictine Monks of Saint Leo Abbey, Saint Leo, Florida, elected Father Isaac Camacho, O.S.B. as the Sixth Abbot of
March 1, 2023
Abbot Bertrand Dolan, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Anselm Abbey, Manchester, New Hampshire (1927-1968) Abbot Bertrand Dolan, O.S.B., was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 9, 1886. He professed vows as
August 16, 2021
Abbot Alexius Edelbrock, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota (1875-1889) President of the American Cassinese Congregation Anton Edelbrock was born in Westphalia in 1843. The family emigrated to
August 16, 2021
Abbot Peter Engel, O.S.B.
Abbot of Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota (1895-1901) Peter Engel was the son of German immigrants from Bausendorf in the Eifel. He was born in
August 16, 2021
Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Mary’s Abbey, Newark, New Jersey (1910-1937) Abbot President of the American-Cassinensian Benedictine Congregation (1914-1929) Ernest Helmstetter, given the name Joseph, was born on
August 16, 2021
Abbot Corbinian Hofmeister, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Michael’s Abbey, Metten, Germany (1929-1966) Corbinian Hofmeister, given the name Alexander, was born on February 26, 1891 as the youngest of the nine
August 16, 2021
Abbot Vincent Huber, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Bede’s Abbey, Peru, Illinois (1910-1941) The first abbot of St. Bede Abbey was born on May 10, 1855, in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, the first
August 16, 2021
Abbot Nepomucene Jaeger, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Procopius Abbey, Lisle, Illinois (1894-1924) John Nepomucene Jaeger was born in Bohemia and immigrated to the United States of America with his family
August 16, 2021
Abbot Valentine Kohlbeck, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Procopius Abbey, Lisle, Illinois (1919-1937) Born in Friedrichsthal, Bohemia, on February 17, 1864, Andrew Kohlbeck had his earliest education in German, at the
August 16, 2021
Abbot Cuthbert McDonald, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison, Kansas (1943-1962) Abbot Cuthbert was the third abbot of Saint Benedict’s Abbey. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came
August 16, 2021
Abbot Benedict Menges, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Bernard’s Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (1891-1904) Just four years after German-speaking monks from Pennsylvania arrived in Cullman, Alabama, in 1887, Saint Bernard Abbey was
August 16, 2021
Abbot Charles Mohr, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Leo Abbey, Florida (1902-1931) Charles Henry Mohr was born on January 24, 1863 in Chillicothe, Ohio, the son of Rhine-Prussian immigrants. His father
August 16, 2021
Abbot Procopius Neuzil, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Procopius Abbey, Lisle, Illinois (1937-1946) The Neuzil family emigrated from southern Bohemia to the United States and settled in northeastern Iowa and began
August 16, 2021
Abbot Patrick O’Brien, O.S.B.
Abbot, Saint Mary’s Abbey, Newark, New Jersey (1937-1967) Patrick O’Brien, given the name Edward Raphael, was born on October 29, 1885 in Manchester, New Hampshire,
August 16, 2021