Trappist Convent Jacona

The Trappist Jacona since 1981, a Mexican monastery of Trappist monks in Jacona de Plancarte, Michoacán , Diocese of Zamora (Mexico) .

history

The Spanish Trappist Abbey of San Isidro de Dueñas founded the Virgen del Curutarán (also: Nuestra Señora de Curutarán or: Trapa de Curutarán ) monastery in Mexico near Zamora de Hidalgo , five kilometers from the city of Jacona on Mount Curutarán , which was elevated to a priory in 1989 . The first monks were four Spaniards and one Argentine (from the Azul Trappist Abbey ), then Mexicans joined them.

Superiors and priors

• Rafael Barreda (1981–1985)
• Enrique Trigueros (1986-1994)
• Victor Mejía García (1994-2001)
• Rafael Del Valle Elcid (2001-2010)
• Marco Antonio Maldonado Jaramillo (2013–)

Web links

• Page Jacona in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
• Jacona page on the Trappist homepage
• Founding report in the magazine Cuadernos Monásticos 59, 1981, p. 477
• Short film from the monastery

Coordinates: 19 ° 55 ′ 21.7 ″  N , 102 ° 17 ′ 24.6 ″  W.