Bavarian Congregation


The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.
It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI.

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.

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.
the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were: