St. Sixte
Location
Official Name Sint-Sixtusabdij
N° 13
Country Belgium
City Westvleteren
Postcode B-8640
Contact Information
Telephone [32] (57) 40.03.76
Website www.sintsixtus.be
Superior Dom Manu van Hecke, Abt 1996
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Brugensis (Brugge)
OCSO Region NED
Founded/Restored 1831
Origins
Founded by Gard
History
1831: Founded by O.L. of Gard.
1836: The monastery of Sint Sixtus comes under the jurisdiction of the abbot Westmalle, at the request of Mgr. Corselis, delegatus ac visitator apostolicus.
1843: During the transfer of the cemetery, the body of the first prior, Dom Franciscus-Maris (d. 1836) is exhumed and found to be intact.
1857: Between 1857 and 1862, 8 priests and 10 brothers are sent to the monastery of O.L. of Petit Clairvaux in Tracadie, Nova Scotia (Canada) to save the community.
1879, 24 June: Consecration of the abbatial church and the high altar.
Foundations
Scourmont (1850); takes part in the foundation of Petit-Clairvaux (1857-1862)
Father Immediate
Gard (1831-1836); Westmalle (until1972); thereafter Zundert
Daughter Houses
Scourmont; Echt; Klaarland.
Westmalle (1972-1980).
Past Superiors
Franciscus-M. V.LANGENDONCK — Prior — 04/11/1831 – 02/11/1836
Dositheus KEMPENEERS — Prior — 12/11/1836 – ?/ ?/1847
Franciscus DECROIX — Prior — — ?/ ?/1847 – 25/07/1850
Jacobus DEPORTEMONT — Prior — 25/07/1850 – 10/07/1856
Dositheus KEMPENEERS — Prior (2nd time) — 10/07/1856 – 14/06/1871
Benedictus WUYTS — Abbot — 23/06/1871 – 10/06/1872
Albericus VERHELLE — Abbot — 10/06/1872 – 15/09/1910
Bonaventura DE GROOTE — Sup. ad nutum — 03/10/1910 – 20/12/1910
Bonaventura DE GROOTE — Abbot — 20/12/1910 – 05/11/1941
Gerardus DELEYE — Abbot — 27/11/1941 – 30/05/1968
Herman-Joseph SEYNAEVE — Abbot — 16/06/1968 – ?/ ?/1978
Remi HEYSE — Abbot — 13/05/1978 – 23/10/1996
Work and Sources of Income
Brewery
Transportation
Station : Poperinge, 6 km.
