Monastery information | |
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Other names | St Otmar's Abbey |
Order | Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien, Order of Saint Benedict |
Established | September 16, 1919 |
Mother house | St. Ottilien Archabbey |
Dedicated to | St Otmar |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Gallen |
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Founder(s) | Fr Adelrich Mühlebach, OSB |
Prior | Adelrich Staub (Prior Administrator) |
Site | |
Location | Uznach, St Gallen, Switzerland |
St Otmar's Abbey, Uznach, Switzerland, is a monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. It was established in the wake of World War I to expand the Congregation's resources beyond Germany. To this day, the monastery continues to procure funds and send personnel to Benedictine missions in the Global South. The current superior of the monastic community is Fr Adelrich Staub, Prior Administrator.