English Benedictine Congregation (E.B.C.)

Also known as: Congrégation bénédictine anglaise (français) / Congregazione Benedettina d’Inghilterra (Italiano) / Congregatio Angliae

Type: Monastic Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)

Confederation: Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)

Depends on: Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

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History

1336: Established as English Benedictine Congregation (English) / Congrégation bénédictine anglaise (français) / Congregazione Benedettina d’Inghilterra (Italiano) / Congregatio Angliae / E.B.C.

Contact Info

Address: Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, England

Phone: (01761) 235-121

Superiors

President: Australia Abbot Christopher Jamison, E.B.C. (74) Abbot Christopher Jamison , E.B.C. (74) (2017年08月01日 – ...)

Past Superiors

President: England Abbot Richard Yeo, E.B.C. (2001年07月13日 – 2017年08月01日)

President: England Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet , E.B.C. (later Cardinal) (1900年09月26日 – 1908?)

Other Former Members (1)

>2009: USA Fr. Mark Sheridan , E.B.C., Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm

Deceased Bishops (5 Cardinals, 1 Archbishop, 4 Bishops)

2025: Wales Bishop John Mark Jabalé , E.B.C., Bishop of Menevia (Wales)

2011: England Bishop Michael Ambrose Griffiths , E.B.C., Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (England)

1999: England Cardinal George Basil Hume , E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite and Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England)

1990: Sweden Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson , E.B.C., Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)

1986: England Bishop Basil Christopher Butler , E.B.C., Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster (England)

1931: Wales Archbishop James Romanus Bilsborrow , E.B.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cardiff (Wales)

1929: England Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet , E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title, President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision and Emendation of the Vulgate, Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives

1398: England Cardinal Adam Easton , E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia

1376: England Cardinal Simon Langham , E.B.C., Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and Metropolitan Archbishop of Canterbury (England)

1181: England Cardinal Boso Breakspear , E.B.C., Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

England England

Church of St Michael and All Angels Church of St Michael and All Angels, Belmont, Herefordshire
Downside Abbey of St Gregory the Great Downside Abbey of St Gregory the Great, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset
Ampleforth Abbey of St Lawrence the Martyr Ampleforth Abbey of St Lawrence the Martyr, York, North Yorkshire
Buckfast Abbey of St Mary Buckfast Abbey of St Mary, Buckfastleigh, Devon
Church of Our Lady of Peace and Blessed Robert Dibdale Church of Our Lady of Peace and Blessed Robert Dibdale, Shottery, Warwickshire
Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Hereford, Herefordshire
Church of St Bede Church of St Bede, Kington, Herefordshire
Church of St Benedict Church of St Benedict, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset
Church of St Joseph Church of St Joseph, Hoghton, Lancashire
Church of St Wulstan Church of St Wulstan, Little Malvern, Worcestershire
Douai Abbey of St Edmund the Martyr Douai Abbey of St Edmund the Martyr, Woolhampton, West Berkshire
Ealing Abbey Ealing Abbey, London, Ealing
Oulton Abbey of St Mary Oulton Abbey of St Mary, Oulton, Staffordshire
Worth Abbey of Our Lady, Help of Christians Worth Abbey of Our Lady, Help of Christians, Crawley, West Sussex

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland

Monastery of the Holy Cross Monastery of the Holy Cross, Rostrevor, Down

USA USA

Abbatial Church of St. Gregory Abbatial Church of St. Gregory, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Abbey of St. Anselm Abbey of St. Anselm, Washington, District of Columbia
Abbey of St. Louis and St. Mary Abbey of St. Louis and St. Mary, Creve Coeur, Missouri
Church of St. Anselm Church of St. Anselm, Creve Coeur, Missouri
Oratory of St. Gregory the Great and St. Augustine of Canterbury Oratory of St. Gregory the Great and St. Augustine of Canterbury, Creve Coeur, Missouri

Wales Wales

Church of St Mary and St Michael Church of St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth, Monmouthshire

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 12

Members: 193 (158 priests)

Last updated on 2026年05月04日

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