Quilvo

Location

Official Name Monasterio Trapense Nuestra Señora de Quilvo

52

Country Chile

City Curicó

Address Casilla 17-D

Contact Information

Telephone [56] (75) 2310862

Community Email [email protected]

Website www.monasterioquilvo.cl

Superior Madre Mariela Jeres Pereira, Abadesa 2013.

Other Information

Juridical Status Abbey

Diocese Dioecesis Talcensis (Talca)

OCSO Region REMILA

Founded/Restored 1981

Origins

Founded by Vitorchiano in 1981; erected a simple priory 25 March 1988, major priory 25 March 1994, and an abbey in 1998.

History

2010: Major earthquake in February causes extensive damage.

Foundations

Boa Vista (11/02/2010)

Father Immediate

Miraflores

Past Superiors

Ludovica BUSSATTO  —  Superior —  04/06/1981 – 26/03/1988
Ludovica BUSSATTO  —  Titular prioress  —  26/03/1988 –
Ludovica BUSSATTO — Abbess — 1988 – 11/02/2013

Work and Sources of Income

Cards; jams ; fruit trees

Guest Facilities

10 rooms at the guesthouse and 4 at the chaplaincy. Normally 4 or 5 guests at a time

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