Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville

Saint John's Abbey
Saint John's Abbey Church and Bell Banner, on the Campus of Saint John's University
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville is located in Minnesota
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
Location within Minnesota
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville is located in the United States
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville (the United States)
Monastery information
OrderOrder of Saint Benedict
Established1856
Mother houseSaint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania (founded 1846)
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
Controlled churches19 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.
AbbotRt. Rev. Fr. Doug Mullin, O.S.B.
PriorRev. Fr. Eric Hollas, O.S.B.
Site
Location2900 Abbey Plaza, Collegeville, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates45°34′49″N 94°23′32″W / 45.58028°N 94.39222°W / 45.58028; -94.39222
Public accessYes
Websitewww.saintjohnsabbey.org
St. John's Abbey and University Historic District
The Great Hall, which served as the abbey church until the construction of the current church
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Built1868–1959
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.79001256[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "OSB Atlas - Collegeville - Saint John's (1856)". Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  3. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)