Azul Trappist Abbey

The Trappist Abbey Azul (Latin Abbatia Beatae Mariae de Angelis ; Spanish Monasterio trapense Azul ) has been an Argentine monastery of the Trappists in Azul (Buenos Aires Province) , diocese of Azul , since 1958 .

history

The American Trappist Abbey Spencer founded the Nuestra Señora de los Angeles ("Our Lady of the Angels") monastery in Azul (200 kilometers northwest of Mar del Plata ) in 1958 , which became a semi-independent priory in 1969 and an independent priory in 1974 Was elevated to an abbey in 1984.

Superiors, priors and abbots

• Benedict Twadell (1958-1959)
• James Shine (1959)
• Owen Hoey (1959-1963)
• Francis (Alexandre) Dietzler (1963-1967)
• Augustine Roberts (1967–1984, 2002–2008)
• Bernardo Olivera (1984–1990, 2009–)
• Eduardo Gowland (1990-2002)
• José Otero (2008-2009)

Web links

• Abbey website
• Page Azul on the Trappist homepage
• Page Azul in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
• Biographical note on Francis Dietzler, with picture
• Page Abbot Bernardo Olivera in the Biographia Cisterciensis
• Page Abbot Augustine Roberts in Biographia Cisterciensis

Coordinates: 37 ° 6 ′ 16.6 ″  S , 59 ° 42 ′ 19.1 ″  W.