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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

Abbot, Saint Mary’s Abbey, Newark, New Jersey (1886-1909) Hilary Pfrangle entered Saint Vincent in 1858, studied theology in Rome from 1866 to 1870 and received

Abbot, Holy Cross Abbey, Cañon City, Colorado (1937-1976) Abbot Leonard Schwinn was nominated as second abbot of Holy Cross Abbey in 1937 and blessed on

Abbot, Saint Bernard’s Abbey, Cullman, Alabama (1939-1957) Boniface Seng, O.S.B., was a native of Chicago and received his early training at Saint Joseph’s parochial school

Abbot, Saint Bede Abbey, Peru, Illinois (1942-1968) The third abbot of Saint Bede Abbey was born in LaSalle, Illinois, on September 10, 1900, and was

Abbot, Saint Bede’s Abbey, Peru, Illinois (1926-1942) Saint Bede Abbey was a foundation of Saint Vincent in Illinois that resulted from Saint Vincent’s efforts to