Martin Bartel


Martin de Porres Bartel is an American Benedictine monk and Catholic priest, elected in 2020 to serve as the twelfth Archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Born on November 14, 1955 in Barberton, Ohio, Bartel made his simple profession of vows as a monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey on July 10, 1980, solemn profession of vows on July 11, 1983 and was ordained a priest on May 25, 1985. On June 23, 2020, he was elected archabbot to succeed Douglas Robert Nowicki.