The conventual chapter of Pannonhalma Archabbey has re-elected Archabbot Cirill Hortobágyi OSB for a further term as Archabbot. He also remains Abbot-President of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation.
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Godfrey Mullen OSB as the 10th Bishop of Belleville. A monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, he has served as the diocesan administrator in Illinois since May 2025.
Dom Geraldo González y Lima OSB, long-serving treasurer of the Benedictine Confederation in Rome, has been elected the fourth Abbot of São Geraldo Abbey in São Paulo, Brazil, returning to his home community.
Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder congratulates Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, OSB, on his appointment as Exarch of Grottaferrata. Bishop Nin is a monk of Montserrat, a former rector of the Greek College, and a professor at Ateneo Sant'Anselmo.
Sant’Anselmo announces that Father Mauritius Wilde OSB has been appointed Abbot of Maria Laach by the Holy See. The Abbot Primate thanks him for his years of service and prays for blessings on his new ministry.
Fr. Ludwig Wenzl OSB has been elected by the community of Melk Abbey as the 68th abbot, succeeding Abbot Georg Wilfinger. He will take office on 7 November 2025 for a 12-year term.
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The conventual chapter of Pannonhalma Archabbey has re-elected Archabbot Cirill Hortobágyi OSB for a further term as Archabbot. He also remains Abbot-President of the Hungarian Benedictine Congregation.
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Father Godfrey Mullen OSB as the 10th Bishop of Belleville. A monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, he has served as the diocesan administrator in Illinois since May 2025.
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Dom Geraldo González y Lima OSB, long-serving treasurer of the Benedictine Confederation in Rome, has been elected the fourth Abbot of São Geraldo Abbey in São Paulo, Brazil, returning to his home community.
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Abbot Primate Jeremias Schröder congratulates Bishop Manuel Nin Güell, OSB, on his appointment as Exarch of Grottaferrata. Bishop Nin is a monk of Montserrat, a former rector of the Greek College, and a professor at Ateneo Sant'Anselmo.
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Sant’Anselmo announces that Father Mauritius Wilde OSB has been appointed Abbot of Maria Laach by the Holy See. The Abbot Primate thanks him for his years of service and prays for blessings on his new ministry.
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Fr. Ludwig Wenzl OSB has been elected by the community of Melk Abbey as the 68th abbot, succeeding Abbot Georg Wilfinger. He will take office on 7 November 2025 for a 12-year term.