Ampleforth Abbey | |
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The Abbey Church of St Laurence, Ampleforth | |
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54°12′06″N 1°05′05″W / 54.2018°N 1.0847°W | |
OS grid reference | SE598788 |
Location | Ampleforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Website | Ampleforthabbey.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Abbey |
Founded | 1802 |
Founder(s) | Lady Anne Fairfax |
Dedication | St Laurence the Martyr |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I[1] |
Designated | 9 September 1985[1] |
Administration | |
Province | Liverpool |
Diocese | Middlesbrough |
Deanery | Central |
Clergy | |
Abbot | Robert Igo |
Ampleforth Abbey is a monastery of Benedictine monks a mile to the east of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It descends from the pre-Reformation community at Westminster Abbey through the last surviving monk from Westminster, Sigebert Buckley (c. 1520 - c. 1610). As of 2024 the monastery has 41 monks, and sometimes will have 50 nuns of the monastery organization.[2]