page_title: Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
section_title: List of Abbots
hierarchical_section_title: Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville / List of Abbots
caption_attribution_description: Lake Sagatagan in Collegeville, MN
context_page_description: Saint John's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Collegeville Township, Minnesota, United States, affiliated with the American-Cassinese Congregation. The abbey was established following the arrival in the area of monks from Saint Vincent Archabbey in Pennsylvania in 1856. Saint John's is one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in the Western Hemisphere, with 133 professed monks. The Right Reverend Fr. John Klassen, OSB, serves as the tenth abbot.
  A school founded at the abbey grew into Saint John's University in 1883. 17 buildings constructed at the abbey and university between 1868 and 1959 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the St. John's Abbey and University Historic District.
context_section_description: Rt. Rev. Rupert Seidenbusch, O.S.B. (1866–1875) Named Bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota
  Rt. Rev. Alexius Edelbrock, O.S.B. (1875–1889)
  Rt. Rev. Bernard Locnikar, O.S.B. (1890–1894)
  Rt. Rev. Peter Engel, O.S.B. (1894–1921)
  Rt. Rev. Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B. (1921–1950)
  Rt. Rev. Baldwin Dworschak, O.S.B. (1950–1971)
  Rt. Rev. John Eidenschink, O.S.B. (1971–1979)
  Rt. Rev. Jerome Theisen, O.S.B. (1979–1992) Elected Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation
  Rt. Rev. Timothy Kelly, O.S.B. (1992–2000)
  Rt. Rev. John Klassen, O.S.B. (2000–present)
caption: Sunset on Lake Sagatagan, 2013.
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