Ordine di San Benedetto
La Congregazione
Sublacense Cassinese
Ordine di San Benedetto
La Congregazione
Sublacense Cassinese
The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation OSB is a religious institute of pontifical right, belonging to the Monastic Order of Saint Benedict, which joins together 64 monasteries, abbey and priories spread through 24 countries of the world.
The Congregation has three aims: to promote and safeguard a communal form of monastic life; to be the organ of vigilance with regard to the monasteries; and to maintain constant relations with the Holy See.
The Congregation is organised in 7 provinces and 1 pro-province.
Provinces: Italian, English, Flemish-Dutch, Hispanic, French, African-Malgache and Vietnamese.
Pro–province: Philippines.
The Congregation has 45 associated monasteries of women.
Monasteries and houses
Monks
Countries of the world
Structures
At the head of the Congregation is the Abbot President, assisted in his functions by the Council of Visitors and the Council of the Assistants.
The Council of Visitors is composed of a Visitor for every Province/Pro-Province, elected by the Provincial Chapter. The Council of the Assistants constitutes the central nucleus of the General Curia and is therefore the central operative arm of the Congregation. It is made up of the Procurator General and the other Assistants. The seat of the General Curia is situated in Rome, in Via di Sant’Ambrogio, 3.
Cariche in essere | 2019
Cariche in essere
2019
Abate presidente
p. abate Guillermo Léon Arboleda Tamayo
Pro-Procuratore
p. ab. Jacques Damestoy, Abbazia di Belloc (FRANCIA)
Assistenti
p. Andrea Serafino Dester, Koinonia de La Visitation (ITALIA)
p. Paolo Gionta, Monastero di Miracoli (ITALIA)
p. Christophe Mouhingou, Monastero di La Bouenza (CONGO)
The Abbots Visitor
Italian Province
p. Mauro Meacci, abbot of Subiaco
English Province
p. Cuthbert Brogan, abbot of Farnborough
Flemish-Dutch Province
p. Gerard Van Malderen, abbot of Dendermonde/Affligem
French Province
p. Joël Chauvelot, abbot of Tournay
Hispanic Province
p. Josep Maria Soler, abbot of Montserrat
African-Malgache Province
p. Theodore Coco, abbot of Dzogbegan
Philippine Pro-Province
p. Savio Siccuan, Abbey of Malaybalay
Vietnamese Province
p. Pierre Cao Duong Dinh Thoi, prior of Thien Hoa