Bricquebec
Location
Official Name Abbaye N.-D. de Grâce
N° 10
Country France
City Bricquebec
Postcode F-50260
Contact Information
Telephone [33] (2) 33 87 56 10
Website abbayebricquebec.fr
Superior Dom Bernard Duymentz (La Trappe), Commissaire Apostolique 2017, Supérieur ad nutum 2023
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Constantiensis (Coutances)
OCSO Region RéCiF
Founded/Restored 1824
Origins
Spontaneous 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 Immediate
La 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).
Important Figures
Vital Lehodey
Past Superiors
Augustin ONFROY — Superior — ?/ ?/1824 – 29/07/1825
Augustin ONFROY — Titular Prior — 29/07/1825 – ?/ ?/1836
Augustin ONFROY — Abbot — ?/ ?/1836 – 15/
Bernard BAZIN — Abbot — 02/02/1858 – 21/01/1872
Germain FURET — Abbot — 27/08/1874 – 19/10/1893
Vital LEHODEY — Sup. ad nutum — 01/11/1893 – 08/07/1895
Vital LEHODEY — Abbot — 08/07/1895 – 20/07/1929
Louis KERVINGANT — Abbot — 25/08/1929 – 03/06/1933
Raphaël GOURAUD — Abbot — 07/08/1933 – 08/08/1933
Maur DANIEL — Sup. ad nutum — 1933 – 1936
Maur DANIEL — Abbot — 12/03/1936 – ?/07/1939
Marie-Joseph MARQUIS — Abbot — 01/02/1940 – 27/04/1981
René BONPAIN — Abbot — 04/06/1981 – 30/11/1996
Charles Robilliard, Abbé 1996-2011
Dom Paul Houix, Superior ad nutum 2011-2015
Charles Robilliard, Superior ad nutum 2015-2017
Work and Sources of Income
production of charcuterie; shop selling monastic products and religious books.
Guest Facilities
33 rooms (some with several beds).
Transportation
Gare SNCF: Valognes (12km).
