Organization and Functions

The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation OSB is a religious institute of pontifical right, belonging to the Monastic Order of Saint Benedict, which joins together 64 monasteries, abbey and priories spread through 24 countries of the world.

The Congregation has three aims:

to promote and safeguard a communal form of monastic life;
to be the organ of vigilance with regard to the monasteries;
and to maintain constant relations with the Holy See.

The Congregation is organised in 7 provinces and 1 pro-province.

Provinces: Italian, English, Flemish-Dutch, Hispanic, French, African-Malgache and Vietnamese.
Pro–province: Philippines.

The Congregation has 45 associated monasteries of women.

Monasteries and houses

Monks

Countries of the world

Structures

At the head of the Congregation is the Abbot President, assisted in his functions by the Council of Visitors and the Council of the Assistants.

The Council of Visitors is composed of a Visitor for every Province/Pro-Province, elected by the Provincial Chapter. The Council of the Assistants constitutes the central nucleus of the General Curia and is therefore the central operative arm of the Congregation. It is made up of the Procurator General and the other Assistants. The seat of the General Curia is situated in Rome.

Existing positions | 2024

Abbot president

f. abbot Ignasi M. Fossas

Procurator

f. ab. Etienne Ricaud, Abbaye de Fleury (FRANCE)

Assistants

f. Andrea Serafino Dester, Abbazia di Novalesa (ITALIA)
f. Gregorio Carrizal Dolores, Abbey Christ in the Desert (USA)
f. Alfio Giuseppe Catalano, Abbazia di Praglia (ITALIA)

Council of Visitors at Novalesa Abbey (May 2026). In the photo, Abbot Siccuan is represented by Abbot Austin Cadiz pro hac vice.

The Abbots Visitor

Italian Province
f. Giordano Rota, abbot of Pontida

English Province
f. Cuthbert Brogan, abbot of Farnborough

Flemish-Dutch Province
Position currently held by the Abbot President

French Province
f. Luc Cornuau, abbot of La Pierre qui Vire

Hispanic Province
f. Manel Gasch, abbot of Montserrat

African-Malgache Province
f. Theodore Coco, abbot of Dzogbegan

Philippine Pro-Province
f. Savio Siccuan, abbot of Malaybalay

Vietnamese Province
p. André Kim, monk of Thien Binh