Brazilian Congregation

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The Brazilian Congregation (Latin: Congregatio Brasiliensis Ordinis Sancti Benedicti ) is a monastic association of Benedictines . It belongs to the Benedictine Confederation and includes over thirty monasteries.

Monasteries belonging to the congregation

  • Archabbey of Saint-Benoît ( Bahia ) (1582) 31 monks and 105 wafers
  • Notre-Dame-de-Grâces de Belo Horizonte Abbey (1949) 41 nuns and 70 wafers
  • Saint-Benoît de Brasilia Priory (1987) 11 monks and 16 wafers
  • Saint-Jean d'Abernéssia Abbey ( Campos do Jordão ) (1974) 28 nuns and 5 wafers
  • Saint-Benoît de Mussurepe Priory ( Campos dos Goytacazes ) (1700), dependent on Rio de Janeiro
  • Abbey de Caxambu (1973) 13 nuns and 16 wafers
  • Priorat de la Visitation ( Fortaleza ) (1994) 4 nuns and 1 wafer, depending on the Abbey in Olinda
  • Saint-Benoît de Garanhuns Priory (1940) 11 monks
  • Priory de Guajará-Mirim (1997) 5 nuns dependent on Pundrópolis
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix d ' Itapecerica da Serra Abbey (1974) 19 nuns and 2 wafers
  • Brotherhood Deus conosco de João Pessoa (1970) 2 nuns, dependent on the Abbey in Olinda
  • Priory de Juazeiro do Norte (1982) 17 nuns and 3 wafers
  • Abbey de la Sainte-Croix de Juiz de Fora (1960) 25 nuns and 33 wafers
  • Saint-Benoît de Jundiaí Monastery (1668), dependent on the Saint-Benoît de Sao Paulo Abbey
  • Abbey d'Olinda (1586) 31 monks and 65 wafers
  • Notre-Dame-du-Mont d' Olinda Abbey (1963) 28 nuns
  • Pundrópolis Abbey (1925) 35 nuns and 60 wafers
  • Monastery de Prazeres (1656) Montes Gurarapes 2 monks, depending on the Abbey d'Olinda
  • Priorat de Rio Branco (1993) 4 nuns and 5 wafers, depending on Juiz de Fora
  • Saint-Benoît de Rio de Janeiro Abbey (1590) 40 monks and 190 wafers
  • Abbey de Salvador de Bahia (1977) 18 nuns and 25 wafers
  • Notre-Dame-de-Grâces Monastery (1586), dependent on the Archabbey d Bahia
  • Notre-Dame-de-Monserrat Monastery (1602), dependent on the Archabbey of Bahia
  • Priory de Santa Rosa (1979) 6 nuns and 1 wafer
  • Priory de São Mateus (1994) 7 nuns and 21 wafers
  • Sainte-Marie de São Paulo Abbey (1911) 21 nuns and 25 wafers
  • Saint-Benoît de São Paulo Abbey (1598) 40 monks and 70 wafers
  • Saint-Benoît de Pouso Alegre Priory (1957) 7 monks, dependent on the Archabbey of Bahia
  • Saint-Benoît de Sorocaba Monastery (1660) 2 monks, dependent on ND de l'Assomption de São Paulo
  • Notre-Dame-de-Gloire d' Uberaba Abbey (1948), 17 nuns and 30 wafers

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