Bricquebec

Bricquebec, France / Male

Location

Official nameAbbaye N.-D. de Grâce
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Contact Information

Telephone[33] (2) 33 87 56 10
Community emailocso.bricquebec@wanadoo.fr
Websiteabbayebricquebec.fr
SuperiorDom Simon-Marie Nguyen, Supérieur ad nutum 2024

Other Information

Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Constantiensis (Coutances)
OCSO regionRéCiF
OriginsSpontaneous foundation in 1824; raised to the status of priory 1825 and to the status of abbey in 1836.
History
  • 1824: foundation by Fr. Bon Onfroy, pastor of Digosville (Manche). His religious name would be Br. Augustin.
  • 1834, 13 November: consecration of the church.
  • 1836: The founder, Dom Augustin Onfroy, is elected abbot.
  • 1902-1921: a refuge is established in England
  • 1950: “Spiritual foundation” of the Cistercian Sisters of O.L. of La Merci-Dieu, affiliated with the Order in 1977 and raised by Rome to the rank of autonomous priory in 2006.
  • 1974: Solemn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Bricquebec in the presence of Dom Ambrose Southey, abbot general.
Father immediateLa Trappe (ca.1848 – 1893); Melleray (1893); Cîteux (Père Immédiat désigné 2017)
Daughter houses[Phare] (1897-2021); [Nishinomiya] ; [Imari] ; [Nasu] ; [Ajimu] (2022- delegated until the General Chapter 2025) . Tenshien (1898-1972).
Past superiors
  • Augustin ONFROY — Supérieur — ?/ ?/1824 – 29/07/1825
  • Augustin ONFROY — Prieur titulaire — 29/07/1825 – ?/ ?/1836
  • Augustin ONFROY — Abbé — ?/ ?/1836 – 15/
  • Bernard BAZIN — Abbé — 02/02/1858 – 21/01/1872
  • Germain FURET — Abbé — 27/08/1874 – 19/10/1893
  • Vital LEHODEY — Supérieur ad nutum — 01/11/1893 – 08/07/1895
  • Vital LEHODEY — Abbé — 08/07/1895 – 20/07/1929
  • Louis KERVINGANT — Abbé — 25/08/1929 – 03/06/1933
  • Raphaël GOURAUD — Abbé — 07/08/1933 – 08/08/1933
  • Maur DANIEL — Supérieur ad nutum — 1933 – 1936
  • Maur DANIEL — Abbé — 12/03/1936 – ?/07/1939
  • Marie-Joseph MARQUIS — Abbot — 01/02/1940 – 27/04/1981
  • René BONPAIN — Abbé— 04/06/1981 – 30/11/1996
  • Charles Robilliard — Abbé — 1996-2011
  • Dom Paul Houix — Supérieur ad nutum — 2011-2015
  • Charles Robilliard — Supérieur ad nutum — 2015-2017
  • Bernard DUYMENT — Commissaire Apostolique — 28/12/2017
  • Bernard DUYMENT — Supérieur ad nutum — 02/01/2023 – 13/09/2024
Work/incomeproduction of charcuterie; shop selling monastic products and religious books.
Guest facilities33 rooms (some with several beds).
TransportationGare SNCF: Valognes (12km).
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