Bricquebec

Adresse

Nom Officiel Abbaye N.-D. de Grâce

10

Pays France

Ville Bricquebec

Code Postal F-50260

Contact

Téléphone [33] (2) 33 87 56 10

Email Communauté [email protected]

Site abbayebricquebec.fr

Supérieur(e) Dom Simon-Marie Nguyen, Supérieur ad nutum 2024

Autres Informations

Statut Juridique Abbey

Diocèse Dioecesis Constantiensis (Coutances)

Région OCSO RéCiF

Fondée/Restaurée 1824

Origine

Spontaneous foundation in 1824; raised to the status of priory 1825 and to the status of abbey in 1836.

Histoire

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.

Père Immédiat

La Trappe (ca.1848 – 1893); Melleray (1893); Cîteux (Père Immédiat désigné 2017)

Maisons filles

[Phare] (1897-2021); [Nishinomiya] ; [Imari] ; [Nasu] ; [Ajimu] (2022- delegated until the General Chapter 2025) .
Tenshien (1898-1972).

Importantes figures

Vital Lehodey

Ancien(ne)s Supérieur(e)s

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

 

Travail et Sources de Revenus

production of charcuterie; shop selling monastic products and religious books.

Capacité d'Accueil

33 rooms (some with several beds).

Moyens de transport

Gare SNCF: Valognes (12km).

Monastères

  • Azul

    Argentina

  • Mount Melleray

    Ireland

  • Kikolo

    Angola