Congregations of Benedictine Monks
The present Confederation of Congregations of Monasteries of the Order of Saint Benedict, officially, the "Benedictine Confederation," of monks, consists of the following congregations in the order given in the Catalogus Monasteriorum OSB (dates in brackets are those of the foundation of the congregations – Primacy of honour is given to the Cassinese Congregation, though the English Congregation is the oldest, because Monte Cassino was the original Abbey of St. Benedict himself. (The older Camaldolese and Sylvestrine congregations joined the Confederation only in the mid-20th century.):
- Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (1408)
- English Congregation (1336)
- Hungarian Congregation (1514)
- Swiss Congregation (1602)
- Austrian Congregation (1625)
- Bavarian Congregation (1684)
- Brazilian Congregation (1827)
- Solesmes Congregation (1837)
- American-Cassinese Congregation (1855)
- Subiaco Congregation (1872)
- Beuronese Congregation (1873)
- Swiss American Congregation (1881)
- Ottilien Congregation (1884)
- Annunciation Congregation (1920)
- Slav Congregation (1945) (suspended by the Holy See in 1969)
- Olivetan Congregation (1319)
- Vallombrosian Congregation (1036)
- Camaldolese Congregation (980)
- Sylvestrine Congregation (1231)
- Cono-Sur Congregation (1976)
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