 Saint John's Abbey Church and Bell Banner, on the Campus of Saint John's University | |
  Location within Minnesota  Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville (the United States) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of Saint Benedict |
| Established | 1856 |
| Mother house | Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (founded 1846) |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud |
| Controlled churches | 19 total Monastic Residence points outside of the Abbey, and 16 of them being Benedictine- run Parishes |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Fr. Bruno Riss, O.S.B., Fr. Cornelius Wittmann, O.S.B., and the founding German Benedictines. |
| Abbot | Rt. Rev. Fr. Doug Mullin, O.S.B. |
| Prior | Rev. Fr. Eric Hollas, O.S.B. |
| Site | |
| Location | 2900 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville, Minnesota, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°34′49″N 94°23′32″W / 45.58028°N 94.39222°W |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | www |
St. John's Abbey and University Historic District | |
 The Great Hall, which served as the abbey church until the construction of the current church | |
| Area | 26 acres (11 ha) |
| Built | 1868–1959 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001256[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 23, 1979 |
Saint John's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Collegeville Township, Minnesota, United States, affiliated with the American-Cassinese Congregation. The abbey was established following the arrival in the area of monks from Saint Vincent Archabbey in Pennsylvania in 1856. Saint John's is one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in the Western Hemisphere, with 110 professed monks.[2] The Right Reverend Fr. Doug Mullin, OSB, serves as the eleventh abbot.
A school founded at the abbey grew into Saint John's University in 1883. 17 buildings constructed at the abbey and university between 1868 and 1959 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the St. John's Abbey and University Historic District.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "OSB Atlas - Collegeville - Saint John's (1856)". Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Tegeder, Vincent G.; Charles W. Nelson (March 15, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. John's Abbey and University Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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