Abbreviation | Post-nominal letters: O.S.B. |
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Nickname | EBC |
Formation | 1216 |
Type | Benedictines |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Region served | UK, United States, Peru, Zimbabwe |
Members | 268 monastics (as of 2022) |
Abbot President | Christopher Jamison, O.S.B. |
Parent organization | Benedictine Confederation; Roman Catholic Church |
Website | www |
The English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) unites autonomous Roman Catholic Benedictine communities of monks and nuns and is technically the oldest of the nineteen congregations that are affiliated in the Benedictine Confederation.