Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (O.S.B.)

Missionary Benedictines

Also known as: Benediktinerkongregation von St. Ottilien (Deutsch) / Congrégation des bénédictins missionnaires de Sainte-Odile (français) / Congregazione Benedettina di Sant’Ottilia (Italiano) / 本篤會聖奧提來會 (正體中文)

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

1884: Established as Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien (Missionary Benedictines) (English) / Benediktinerkongregation von St. Ottilien (Deutsch) / Congrégation des bénédictins missionnaires de Sainte-Odile (français) / Congregazione Benedettina di Sant’Ottilia (Italiano) / 本篤會聖奧提來會 (正體中文) / O.S.B.

Contact Info

Address: Erzabtei, D-86941 St. Ottilien, Germany

Phone: (08193) 71.800

Superiors

President: Spain Abbot Javier Aparicio Suárez, O.S.B. (56) Abbot Javier Aparicio Suárez , O.S.B. (56) (2025年01月18日 – ...)

Past Superiors

President: Germany Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B. (61) Archabbot Jeremias Schröder , O.S.B. (61) (later Abbot Primate) (2012年10月13日 – 2024年09月14日)

Superior General: Germany Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B. (61) Archabbot Jeremias Schröder , O.S.B. (61) (later Abbot Primate) (2000年10月05日 – 2012年10月13日)

Superior General: Germany Archabbot Notker D. Wolf , O.S.B. (later Abbot Primate) (1977年10月01日 – 2000年09月07日)

Superior General: Germany Archabbot Viktor Josef Dammertz , O.S.B. (later Bishop) (1975 – 1977年09月22日)

Superior General: Germany Archabbot Heinrich Suso Brechter, O.S.B. (1957年07月16日 – 1974)

Superior General: Germany Archabbot Chrysostomus Schmid, O.S.B. (1931 – 1957年05月15日)

Superior General: Germany Archabbot Norbert Weber, O.S.B. (1902年12月18日 – 1931)

Superior General: Germany Abbot Ildefons Schober , O.S.B. (later Archabbot) (1896 – 1902)

Superior General: Germany Abbot Andreas Amrhein, O.S.B. (1884 – 1895)

Other Present Members (1)

North Korea Abbot Blasio Park Hyun-dong, O.S.B. (56) Abbot Blasio Park Hyun-dong (블라시오 박현동 / 朴賢東), O.S.B. (56), Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

Other Former Members (5)

>2013: North Korea Abbot Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u (이형우 시몬베드로), O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

>2005: North Korea Abbot Placidus Ri Tong-ho (이동호 플라치도), O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

1990: China Fr. Timotheus Bitterli (이성도 디모테오 / 比特里), O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Yanji 延吉 (China) and Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

>1971: Tanzania Fr. Bruno Zwissler , O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Njombe (Tanzania)

>1922: Tanzania Fr. Villibrordo Lay , O.S.B., Prefect Apostolic of Lindi (Tanzania)

Living Bishops (1 Bishop)

Germany Bishop Dominicus Meier, O.S.B. (66) Bishop Dominicus Meier , O.S.B. (66), Bishop of Osnabrück (Germany)

Deceased Bishops (8 Bishops)

2020: Germany Bishop Viktor Josef Dammertz , O.S.B., Bishop of Augsburg (Germany)

2015: Tanzania Bishop Placidus Gervasius Nkalanga , O.S.B., Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)

1990: Tanzania Bishop Eberhard Spiess , O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

1981: Tanzania Bishop Joachim Ammann , O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

1975: Tanzania Bishop Anthony Victor Hälg , O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Ndanda (Tanzania)

1966: Tanzania Bishop Gallus Steiger , O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Peramiho (Tanzania)

1950: North Korea Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B., Abbot Ordinary of Tŏkugen (North Korea)

1950: China Bishop Theodor Breher (白化東 / 브레허 白화동 주교), O.S.B., Bishop of Yanji 延吉 (China)

South Africa South Africa

South Korea South Korea

Abbey of St. Maurus and St. Placidus Abbey of St. Maurus and St. Placidus, Chilgok 칠곡군, Daegu-gwangyeoksi 대구광역시

Switzerland Switzerland

Abtei St. Otmarsberg Abtei St. Otmarsberg, Uznach, Sankt Gallen

Tanzania Tanzania

USA USA

Abbey of St. Paul Abbey of St. Paul, Newton, New Jersey
Priory of Christ the King Priory of Christ the King, Schuyler, Nebraska

Venezuela Venezuela

Abadía Benedictina de San José Abadía Benedictina de San José, Güigüe, Carabobo

Statistics (2023年12月31日)

Houses: 52

Members: 1,010 (320 priests)

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Last updated on 2026年05月04日