Order of Saint Benedict

The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation OSB

Order of Saint Benedict

The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation OSB

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.

 

Existing positions | 2023


Existing positions
2023

Abbot president

p. abate Guillermo Léon Arboleda Tamayo

 

Procuratore

p. Paolo Maria Gionta, Monastero di Miracoli (ITALIA)

Assistants

p. ab. Jacques Damestoy, Abbaye de Belloc (FRANCE)
p. Andrea Serafino Dester
, Abbazia di Novalesa (ITALIA)
p. Jean-Jacques Dupont, Abbaye d’En Calcat (FRANCE)

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. David Tardif d’Hamonville, abbot emeritus of En Calcat

Hispanic Province
p. Josep Maria Soler, abbot emeritus of Montserrat

African-Malgache Province
p. Theodore Coco, abbot of Dzogbegan

Philippine Pro-Province
p. Savio Siccuan, abbot of Malaybalay

Vietnamese Province
p. Philippe Minh Vu Ngoc Tuy, prior of Thien Binh

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