Port du Salut
Location
Official Name Abbaye N.-D. du Port-du-Salut
N° 05
Country France
City Entrammes
Postcode F-53260
Contact Information
Telephone [33] (2) 43 64 18 64
Community Email [email protected]
Website www.portdusalut.com
Superior Dom Gérard-Marie Meneust, Abbé 2018.
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Valleguidonensis (Laval)
OCSO Region RéCiF
Founded/Restored 1815
Origins
Founded by Darfeld 21 February 1815.
History
1816, 10 December: Raised to the rank of abbey by a decree of Pius IX.
1824, 3 July: Consecration of the abbey church by Mgr. de la Myre, bishop of Mans.
Foundations
Bonne Esperance (Perigueux), 1868-1910 ; Val-des-Graces (Verdun), 1877-1883 ; Switzerland (refuge,1902-1914); England (refuge, 1914-1916).
Father Immediate
Cîteaux
Daughter Houses
[Aiguebelle]; [Oelenberg]; [Laval].
Echourgnac [monks] (1868-1910); Igny (until1946); Echourgnac [nuns]; (1930-1952); Grandselve (until 1995).
Lay Associates
Fraternité Port du Salut – La Coudre
Past Superiors
Bernard LE BÈGUE DE GIRMONT — Abbot — 01/07/1816 – 06/05/1830
François d’Assise COUTURIER — Abbot — 07/05/1830 – 19/05/1854
Bernardin DUFOUR — Abbot — 19/05/1854 – 02/07/1859
Joachim LEBAILLIF — Abbot — 07/11/1859 – 31/08/1865
Henri VANDENBROUCQUE (sic) — Abbot — 04/11/1865 – 31/12/1881
Eugène BACHELET — Abbot — 31/12/1881 – 14/06/1908
Berchmans DAVEAU — Abbot — 30/06/1908 – 20/07/1929
Edmond NEVEU — Abbot — 26/08/1929 – 30/06/1954
Marie ANDRÉ — Sup.ad nutum — 05/08/1954 – 23/11/1954
Marie ANDRÉ — Abbot — 23/11/1954 – 14/10/1963
Alain CHRISTIAEN — Sup.ad nutum — 14/10/1963 – 13/10/1965
Alain CHRISTIAEN — Abbot — 13/10/1965 – 27/11/1986
Rémy DECLERCQ — Abbot — 07/01/1987 – 12/06/2000
Jean-François HOLTHOF — Sup. ad nutum — 21/07/2000 – 31/08/2003
Dom Joseph DESCHAMPS — Sup.ad nutum 2003, Abbé 2006 – 08/09/2018
Work and Sources of Income
Sub-contracting work on containers for Parisian perfume manufacturers; hydroelectric station on the river Mayenne, hand-made beeswax candles, cookies.
Guest Facilities
30 rooms; mainly for individual retreatants
Transportation
Gare destinataire : Laval
