Order Benedictine Phone +1 724-539-9761 | Established October 24, 1846 | |
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Founder(s) Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. Abbot Rt. Rev. Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B., B.A. M.Div., Ph.D. Prior Very Rev. Earl J. Henry, O.S.B. Location Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA Address 300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA 15650, USA Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg Mother house Metten Abbey (Founded 766) Profiles | ||
Saint vincent archabbey
Saint Vincent Archabbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine Monastery in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the city of Latrobe. A member of the American-Cassinese Congregation, it is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The Benedictine monks of St. Vincent operate and teach Saint Vincent Basilica Parish, Saint Vincent College, and Saint Vincent Seminary. The monks also provide pastoral care for Catholics in the Dioceses of Baltimore, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Altoona-Johnstown, and Richmond. The monks also run a military school in Savannah, Georgia (Benedictine Military School). The Archabbey also oversees Wimmer Priory in Taiwan, and Saint Benedict Priory in Brazil.
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The current archabbot of St. Vincent's is Rt. Reverend Douglas Robert Nowicki, O.S.B. who was elected by the monastic community in 1991 and reelected in 2010.
Prior to Rev. Nowicki, the Archabbey had had ten archabbots:
The monks operate St. Vincent Archabbey Gristmill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Monks from this abbey founded Newark Abbey (Newark, NJ) (founded as St Mary's), Saint John's Abbey (Collegeville, Minnesota), Saint Bernard Abbey (Cullman, Alabama), Saint Benedict Abbey (Atchison, Kansas), Saint Mary's Abbey (Morristown, New Jersey), Saint Bede Abbey (Peru, Illinois), Saint Procopius Abbey (Lisle, Illinois), and Mary Help of Christians Abbey (Belmont, North Carolina).