Swiss Congregation

The Swiss Benedictine Congregation (also: Swiss Benedictine Congregation ) is a monastic congregation, an association of independent Benedictine monasteries; it was founded in 1602 and confirmed by Pope Clement VIII. It is part of the Benedictine Confederation.

Members

  • Abbey Disentis
  • Abbey of Einsiedeln
  • Abbey Engelberg
  • Priory Fischingen
  • Abbey Maria Stein
  • Abbey Marienberg, burgeis (municipality Mals, South Tyrol)
  • Abbey Muri- Gries Gries - Quirein (district of Bolzano, South Tyrol)

Abtpräsides Swiss Benedictine Congregation

  • Heinrich Schmid, 1846-1874 ( Einsiedeln )
  • Basil Oberholzer, 1875-1895 ( Einsiedeln )
  • Thomas Bossart, 1905-1923 ( Einsiedeln )
  • Ignatius dust, 1924-1947 ( Einsiedeln )
  • Benno Gut, 1947-1959 ( Einsiedeln )
  • Basil Niederberger, 1960-1967 ( Mary Stone )
  • Leonhard Boesch, 1967-1979 ( Engelberg )
  • Dominic Löpfe, 1979-1991 ( Muri -Gries )
  • Pancrazio Winiker, 1991-1997 ( Disentis )
  • Benno Malfer, since 1997 ( Muri -Gries )
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