Location
Official nameAbbaye N.-D. de Timadeuc
Number17
Contact Information
Telephone[33] (2) 97 51 50 29
Community emailcommunaute@abbaye-timadeuc.fr
Guesthouse emailhotellerie@abbaye-timadeuc.fr
Business emailfromagerie@abbaye-timadeuc.fr
Websitewww.abbaye-timadeuc.fr
SuperiorDom Benoît Briand, 2011
Other Information
Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Venetensis (Vannes)
OCSO regionRéCiF
OriginsFounded by La Trappe on 24 July 1841; raised to the rank of abbey on 12 September 1847.
History
- 1847, 1 September: Blessing of the first church.
- 1880, 6 Nov.: Monks expelled.
- 1899, 6 July: Consecration of the second church.
- 1925 -1930: Construction of a permanent monastery.
- 1946, 1 May: Dom Dominique Nogues is elected abbot general.
- 1947 Dom Dominique provides a contingent of 14 monks to reinforce Melleray.
Father immediateLa Trappe
Daughter housesCampénéac; Ampibanjinana.
Lay associatesFraternité cistercienne Notre Dame de Timadeuc
Past superiors
- Bernard DUGUÉ — Abbot — 26/05/1847 – 15/10/1859
- Cyprien MOREL — Abbot — 21/11/1859 – 24/12/1887
- Bernard CHEVALIER — Abbot — 21/03/1888 – 04/06/1912 (v.2)
- Brieuc BOUTMY — Abbot — 06/08/1912 – 24/04/1922
- Dominique NOGUES — Abbot — 02/06/1922 – 01/05/1946
- Gabriel BLOURDIER — Abbot — 21/05/1946 – 15/09/1954
- Emmanuel de MISCAULT — Abbot — 07/10/1954 – 01/09/1971
- Claude RICHARD — Abbot — 22/09/1971 – 21/07/1993
- Paul Houix, Abbé 1993-2011
Work/incomeFarming: 100 acres in cultivation and pasture, and a herd of 70 dairy cows; production of cheese and fruit gums.
Guest facilitiesInterior guesthouse: 40 rooms (6 double); two separate dormitories with kitchen and 60 beds each for groups of young people.
TransportationGare destinataire : Rennes ou Vannes
FoundationsPetit Clairvaux no. 2, 1901- 25/07/1919
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