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  Location within Rhode Island  Portsmouth Abbey (the United States) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Benedictines |
| Established | 1918 |
| Mother house | Downside Abbey |
| Dedicated to | St. Gregory the Great Mary, Queen of Peace |
| Diocese | Diocese of Providence |
| People | |
| Prior | Rev. Father Michael Brunner, O.S.B. |
| Bishop | Most Rev. Thomas Joseph Tobin |
| Important associated figures | Founders: Dom Leonard Sargent |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | abbey |
| Architect | Pietro Belluschi |
| Site | |
| Location | 285 Cory’s Lane; Portsmouth, RI 02871 |
| Coordinates | 41°36′12″N 71°16′19″W / 41.60333°N 71.27194°W |
| Website | portsmouthabbeymonastery |
Portsmouth Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Portsmouth, on Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States. The mission of the community is to seek God guided by the Gospel, the Rule of St. Benedict, and most importantly, prayer and work to sanctify themselves and their community. As of 2020, the abbey has 8 monks.[1] The monks run Portsmouth Abbey School, one of the most elite boarding schools in the country.
- ^ The Benedictine Yearbook. London: English Benedictine Congregation Trust. 2020. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-901089-58-8.