Boniface Wimmer

Saint Vincent Benedictine Community Elects New Archabbot

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Benedictines, Saint Vincent Seminary, Saint Vincent Archabbey, Catholic Church in the United States, Catholic Church, Saint Vincent College, Abbot, Douglas Robert Nowicki, Boniface Wimmer

Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., a monk of the Saint Vincent Archabbey for 40 years and formerly the 14th president of Saint Vincent College, has been elected the 12th archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey.

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  • Martin de Porres Bartel, O.S.B., a monk of the Saint Vincent Archabbey for 40 years and formerly the 14th president of Saint Vincent College, has been elected the 12th archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey.
  • With his election, Archabbot Martin also becomes chancellor of Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary.
  • The archabbot is the spiritual head and father of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the U.S.
  • "I'm very honored to have been elected the 12th archabbot of Saint Vincent," said Archabbot Martin.