{"id":817,"date":"2026-08-13T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/congregation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:06:18","slug":"congregation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Order of Saint Benedict<\/h3>\n

Subiaco Cassinese Congregation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Organization and Functions<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Subiaco Cassinese Congregation OSB is a religious institute of pontifical right<\/strong>, belonging to the Monastic Order of Saint Benedict<\/strong>, which joins together 64 monasteries, abbey and priories spread through 24 countries of the world.<\/p>\n

The Congregation has three aims<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • to promote and safeguard a communal form of monastic life;<\/li>\n
  • to be the organ of vigilance with regard to the monasteries;<\/li>\n
  • and to maintain constant relations with the Holy See.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Congregation is organised in 7 provinces and 1 pro-province.<\/p>\n

    Provinces:<\/strong> Italian, English, Flemish-Dutch, Hispanic, French, African-Malgache and Vietnamese.
    Pro\u2013province:<\/strong> Philippines.<\/p>\n

    The Congregation has 45 associated monasteries of women<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    Monasteries and houses<\/h3><\/div>\n\n

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    Monks<\/h3><\/div>\n\n

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    Countries of the world<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Structures<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    At the head of the Congregation is the Abbot President<\/strong>, assisted in his functions by the Council of Visitors<\/strong> and the Council of the Assistants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    The Council of Visitors is composed of a Visitor for every Province\/Pro-Province, elected by the <\/span>Provincial Chapter<\/strong>. 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 <\/span>Procurator General<\/strong> <\/span>and the other <\/span>Assistants.<\/strong> <\/span>The seat of the <\/span>General Curia<\/strong> <\/span>is situated in Rome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    Existing positions | 2024<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Abbot president<\/h4>\n

    f. abbot Ignasi M. Fossas<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Procurator<\/h4>\n

    f. ab. Etienne Ricaud<\/strong>, <\/span>Abbaye de Fleury <\/span>(FRANCE)
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    Assistants<\/h4>\n

    f. Andrea Serafino Dester, <\/span><\/strong>Abbazia di Novalesa (ITALIA)
    <\/strong>f. Gregorio Carrizal Dolores<\/strong>, <\/span>Abbey Christ in the Desert (USA)<\/span>
    <\/strong>f. Alfio Giuseppe Catalano<\/strong>, Abbazia di Praglia (ITALIA)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    Council of Visitors at Novalesa Abbey (May 2026). In the photo, Abbot Siccuan is represented by Abbot Austin Cadiz pro hac vice. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    The Abbots Visitor<\/h4>\n

    Italian Province<\/em>
    f. Giordano Rota<\/strong>, abbot of Pontida<\/p>\n

    English Province<\/em>
    f. Cuthbert Brogan<\/strong>, abbot of Farnborough<\/p>\n

    Flemish-Dutch Province<\/em>
    Position currently held by the Abbot President<\/em><\/p>\n

    French Province<\/em>
    f. Luc Cornuau<\/strong>, abbot of La Pierre qui Vire<\/p>\n

    Hispanic Province<\/em>
    f. Manel Gasch<\/strong>, abbot of Montserrat<\/p>\n

    African-Malgache Province<\/em>
    f. Theodore Coco<\/strong>, abbot of Dzogbegan<\/p>\n

    Philippine Pro-Province<\/em>
    f. Savio Siccuan<\/strong>, abbot of Malaybalay<\/p>\n

    Vietnamese Province<\/em>
    p. Andr\u00e9 Kim<\/strong>, monk of Thien Binh<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/817\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csc-osb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}