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"The Saint John's Abbey Archives seeks to collect, preserve and make available materials that illustrate the history, lifestyle and activities of the monastery, its members, and those whom the monastery served."


Saint John's Abbey

Administrative Histories

The Abbots of Saint John's Abbey
1. Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, OSB; December 12, 1866 - February 12, 1875
2. Abbot Alexius Edelbrock, OSB; June 2, 1875 - November 27, 1889
3. Abbot Bernard Locnikar, OSB; May 7, 1890 - November 7, 1894
4. Abbot Peter Engel, OSB; November 28, 1894 - November 27, 1921
5. Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, OSB; December 29, 1921 - October 19, 1950
6. Abbot Baldwin Dworschak, OSB; December 28, 1950 - July 23, 1971
7. Abbot John Eidenschink, OSB; August 24, 1971 - August 20, 1979
8. Abbot Jerome Theisen, OSB; August 22, 1979 - September 19, 1992
9. Abbot Timothy Kelly, OSB; November 27, 1992 - November 23, 2000
10. Abbot John Klassen, OSB; November 24, 2000 -

The Priors of Saint John's Abbey
1. Demetrius de Marogna, OSB; April 5, 1856 - October 7, 1857
2. Cornelius Wittmann, OSB; October 7, 1857 - September 20, 1858
3. Benedict Haindl, OSB; September 21, 1858 - October 15, 1862
4. Othmar Wirtz, OSB; October 16, 1862 - December 8, 1865
5. Benedict Haindl, OSB; December 8, 1865 - June 5, 1872
6. Alexius Edelbrock, OSB; 1875 - June 1875
7. Clement Staub, OSB; October 26, 1875 - March 4, 1877
8. Bernard Locnikar, OSB; March 4, 1877 - August 14, 1879
9. Norbert Hofbauer, OSB; August 15, 1879 - November 25, 1889
10. Severin Gross, OSB; September 26, 1890 - August 1893
11. Pancratius Maehren, OSB; September 1, 1893 - February 27, 1895
12. Herman Bergmann, OSB; July 21, 1895 - September 1916
13. Alcuin Deutsch, OSB; September 9, 1917 - February 14, 1922
14. Alfred Mayer, OSB; April 1922 - May 15, 1929
15. Basil Stegmann, OSB; August 1929 - August 1932
16. Magnus Hermanutz, OSB; August 1932 - August 15, 1933
17. Rembert Bularzik, OSB; August 1933 - August 1943
18. Roger Schoenbechler, OSB; August 1943 - September 1946
19. Clarus Graves, OSB; September 1946 - December 1946
20. Baldwin Dworschak, OSB; January 6, 1947 - December 28, 1950
21. Clarus Graves, OSB; December 1950 - June 1964
22. Berthold Ricker, OSB; June 18, 1964 - June 3, 1975
23. Gordon Tavis, OSB; June 4, 1975 - June 1980
24. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB; August 1, 1980 - February 1982
25. Julian Schmiesing, OSB; March 4, 1982 - June 1989
26. Jonathan Licari, OSB; June 6, 1989 - June 30, 1994
27. Geoffrey Fecht, OSB; July 1, 1994 - June 27, 2001
28. Raymond Pedrizetti, OSB; June 28, 2001 - June 30, 2007
29. Thomas Andert OSB; June 30, 2007 -

The Treasurers of Saint John's Abbey
1. Clement Staub, OSB; 1859-1875
2. Norbert Hofbauer, OSB; 1875-1894
3. Herman Bergmann, OSB; 1895-1906
4. Paul Neussendorfer, OSB; 1907-1908
5. Claude Wiemann, OSB; 1909-1910
6. Herbert Buershinger, OSB; 1911-1915
7. Hugo Tell, OSB; 1916-1919
8. Paul Nessendorfer, OSB; 1920
9. Julius Locnikar, OSB; 1921-1923
10. Raymond Basel, OSB; 1924-1930
11. Roland Kapsner, OSB; 1931-1935
12. Egbert Goeb, OSB; 1936-1939
13. Maurice Hurrle, OSB; 1939-1941
14. Linus Schieffer, OSB; 1942
15. Ignatius Candrian, OSB; 1943-1955
16. Florian Muggli, OSB; 1955-1971
17. Gervase Soukup, OSB; July 1, 1971 - June 30, 1980
18. Gordon Tavis, OSB; July 1, 1980 - December 31, 1996
19. Benedict Leuthner, OSB; January 1, 1997 -

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