Bavarian Congregation

The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.

It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689).

First Congregation

Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation:

All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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.

{{As of|2013}} the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were:

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)

External links

{{in lang|de}} [http://www.abtei-ettal.de/bbk.html Bavarian Congregation webpage]
[http://www.osb.org/intl/confed/confed.html The Confederation of Benedictine Congregations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824052710/http://www.osb.org/intl/confed/confed.html |date=2018-08-24 }}

Category:1684 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

Category:17th-century establishments in Bavaria

Category:Benedictine congregations

Category:Religious organizations established in 1684

Category:Catholic religious institutes established in the 17th century