Second Congregation
The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria: Metten; St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich, with Andechs Priory; and Weltenburg.
The present members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, are as follows:
- Andechs Priory dependent on St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
- St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg
- Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984)
- Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich
- Metten Abbey (1858)
- St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
- Niederaltaich Abbey (1918)
- Ottobeuren Abbey (1893)
- Plankstetten Abbey (1904)
- Scheyern Abbey
- Schäftlarn Abbey (1866)
- Wechselburg Priory (in Saxony, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993)
- Weltenburg Abbey (1858)
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