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Houses of the English Benedictine Congregation

Current houses

United Kingdom:

Name Monks or nuns Founded Current location Previous locations
Downside Abbey Monks 1607 Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset Douai, Flanders/France, 1607-1794; Acton Burnell, Shropshire, 1794-1814.[1]
Ampleforth Abbey Monks 1608 Ampleforth, North Yorkshire Dieulouard, France, 1608-1798; ETC.
Douai Abbey Monks 1615 Woolhampton, Berkshire Paris, France, 1615-1798; Douai, France 1818-1903.[2]
Stanbrook Abbey Nuns 1625 Callow End, Worcestershire Cambrai, Flanders, 1625-1793; Woolton, Lancashire 1795-1807; Evesham, Worcestershire 1807-1838.[3]
Colwich Abbey Nuns 1651 Colwich, Staffordshire Paris, France, 1651-1794; Marnhull, Dorset 1795-1807; Cannington, Somerset 1807-1836.[4]
Belmont Abbey Monks 1859 Belmont, Herefordshire
Curzon Park Abbey Nuns 1868 Curzon Park, Cheshire ;;;Talacre, Flintshire, 1920-1988
Buckfast Abbey Monks 1882 Buckfastleigh, Devon
Ealing Abbey Monks 1897 Ealing, Greater London
Worth Abbey Monks 1933 Turners Hill, West Sussex

United States:

Name Monks or nuns Founded Current location
Portsmouth Abbey Monks 1918 Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Saint Anselm's Abbey Monks 1923 Washington, D.C.
St. Louis Abbey Monks 1955 St. Louis, Missouri

Notable members of the community

In the nineteenth century several monks were instrumental in the development of the Catholic Church within the British Empire, and particularly Australia. William Placid Morris, a monk of the community, was appointed Vicar Apostolic for Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar in 1832,[5] and as such his jurisdiction embraced a substantial part of the British Empire, including Mauritius and its dependencies; these depdencies included, at that time, all of Australia as well as New Zealand. While Vicar Apostolic, he invited William Bernard Ullathorne, another member of the community,

  1. ^ "Our History". downside.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. ^ Green, Bernard (1980). The English Benedictine Congregation: A Short History. London: Catholic Truth Society. ISBN 0-85183-297-0.
  3. ^ "Stanbrook Abbey". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  4. ^ "From Paris to Colwich". colwichabbey.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  5. ^ Green, Bernard (1980). The English Benedictine Congregation: A Short History. London: Catholic Truth Society. pp. p. 66. ISBN 0-85183-297-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)


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