Imari Monastery

Imari Monastery (Latin Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Imari ; Japanese 伊万 里 の 聖母 (ト ラ ピ ス チ ヌ) 修道院 , Imari no Seibo (Torapisuchinu [= Trappistine]) Shūdōin , dt. Monastery of the Holy Mother of Imari ) is a Trappist abbey in Japan . The monastery was founded in Shindenbaru and moved to Imari , Fukuoka diocese in 1966 .

history

Tenshien Monastery founded in 1953 in the Sainte Famille / Holy Family monastery in Shindenbaru, which was left by the Trappists , a daughter monastery near Chikujō ( abbey from 1954 ), which was moved to Imari in 1966.

Abbesses

• Hildegarde Suzuki (1953-1964)
• Charitas Konishi (1964-1984)
• Roberta Takemura (1984-2000)
• Josepha Yashiro Tomiko (2001-2003)
• Catharina Shibuya (2003–)

Web links

• Imari Monastery website (Japanese)
• Monastery Imari on the site of the Trappists (English)
• Overview of the Japanese Trappist and Trappist convents (French)
• Imari Monastery in the family tree of the Trappist monasteries

Coordinates: 33 ° 14 ′ 55.9 ″  N , 129 ° 52 ′ 9 ″  E