List of abbeys and priories

List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. As of 2016[update], the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide.[1]

## In Europe[edit]

### Armenia[edit]

* Akhtala Monastery
* Gandzasar monastery
* Geghard
* Goshavank
* Haghartsin Monastery
* Haghpat Monastery
* Kecharis Monastery
* Khor Virap
* Noravank
* Sanahin Monastery
* Sevanavank
* Tatev Monastery

### Austria[edit]

* List of Christian monasteries in Austria

### Belgium[edit]

* List of Christian monasteries in Belgium

### Czechia[edit]

* Břevnov Archabbey
* Emauzy Abbey
* Rajhrad Abbey
* Vyšší Brod
* many more

### Denmark[edit]

* List of Christian monasteries in Denmark

### Finland[edit]

Main article: List of Christian monasteries in Finland

* Nådendal Abbey

### France[edit]

* List of Christian religious houses in France

### Georgia[edit]

* Betania Monastery
* Bodbe Monastery
* David Gareja monastery complex
* Gelati Monastery
* Jvari (monastery)
* Shio-Mgvime Monastery

### Germany[edit]

Main article: List of Christian monasteries in Germany

* Beuron Archabbey
* Echenbrunn Abbey
* Frauenburg
* Maria Laach
* Münsterschwarzach Abbey
* Abbey of Prüm
* Quedlinburg Abbey
* St. Hildegard's Abbey, Eibingen im Rheingau
* Himmelkron Abbey

### Hungary[edit]

* Benedictine Abbey of Bakonybél
* Benedictine Abbey of Pécsvárad
* Benedictine Abbey of Tihany
* Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma, a territorial abbacy
* Cistercian Abbey of Szentgotthárd
* Franciscan Monastery of Baja
* Majk Abbey
* Zirc Abbey

### Ireland (Republic Eire)[edit]

* List of monastic houses in the Republic of Ireland

### Italy[edit]

* Abbey of Santa Giustina, Padua
* Abbey of the Holy Spirit at Monte Morrone, Sulmona
* Abbey of the Saviour, Abbadia San Salvatore
* Badia Fiorentina, Florence
* Basilica di San Zeno Abbey, Verona
* Bobbio Abbey, Bobbio, a territorial abbacy
* Camaldoli Monastery, Poppi
* Casamari Abbey, Veroli
* Certosa di Galluzzo, Galluzzo
* Certosa di Padula, Salerno
* Certosa di Pavia, Pavia
* Cervara Abbey, Santa Margherita Ligure
* Chiaravalle Abbey, Milan
* Chiaravalle Abbey, Tolentino
* Cistercian Abbey, Albino
* Farfa Abbey, Fara Sabina, a territorial abbacy
* Fonte Avellana, Serra Sant'Abbondio
* Fossanova Abbey, Priverno
* Fruttuaria, San Benigno Canavese
* Grottaferrata Abbey, Grottaferrata, the only Italo-Albanese territorial abbacy
* Hermitage of Camaldoli, Naples
* La Trinità della Cava, Cava de' Tirreni
* Lucedio Abbey, Turin
* Marienberg Abbey, Mals
* Matris Domini Monastery, Bergamo
* Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Lecceto
* Monte Cassino, Cassino, a territorial abbacy
* Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Asciano
* Nonantola Abbey, Nonantola
* Novalesa Abbey, Val di Susa
* Pomposa Abbey, Ferrara, a territorial abbacy
* Säben Abbey, Klausen
* Sacra di San Michele, Val di Susa
* Sacro Convento, Assisi
* San Clemente Abbey, Castiglione a Casauria
* San Giorgio Monastery, Venice
* San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Palermo
* San Giovanni in Venere, Fossacesia
* San Liberatore a Maiella, Serramonacesca
* San Mercuriale, Forlì
* San Miniato al Monte, Florence
* San Pietro, Perugia, Perugia
* San Pietro in Bovara, Bovara
* San Pietro in Valle, Ferentillo
* San Salvatore, Brescia, Brescia
* San Vincenzo al Volturno, Castel San Vincenzo
* San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga
* San Zeno (Pisa), Pisa
* Sant'Anselmo, Rome
* Sant'Antimo Abbey, Montalcino
* Abbey of Santa Lucia, Rocca di Cambio
* Santa Maria Arabona, Manopello
* Santa Maria Casanova, Villa Celiera
* Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
* Santa Maria della Vittoria, Scurcola Marsicana
* Santi Vito e Salvo, San Salvo
* Santo Spirito d'Ocre, Ocre
* Santo Stefano, Bologna
* Santo Stefano in Manciano, Manciano
* Sassovivo Abbey, Foligno
* Staffarda Abbey, Saluzzo
* Tre Fontane Abbey, Rome
* Vallombrosa Abbey, Reggello
* Villa Magna, Anagni

### Netherlands[edit]

* Berne Abbey, Heeswijk
* Egmond Abbey, Egmond-Binnen
* Koningshoeven Abbey, Berkel-Enschot
* Lilbosch Abbey, Echt
* Middelburg Abbey, Middelburg
* Rijnsburg Abbey, Rijnsburg
* Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade
* Ruinen Abbey, Ruinen
* Sion Abbey, Diepenveen
* Stavoren Abbey, Stavoren
* Susteren Abbey, Susteren
* Thorn Abbey, Thorn
* Ulingsheide Abbey, Tegelen
* St. Benedictusberg Abbey, Vaals
* St. Paul's Abbey, Utrecht
* St. Willibrord's Abbey, Doetinchem

### Norway[edit]

* List of Christian monasteries in Norway

### Poland[edit]

* Kołbacz
* Cistercians Abbey in Sulejów
* Krzeszów Abbey
* Tyniec
* Jasna Góra Monastery
* Cistercians Abbey in Wąchock

### Portugal[edit]

* Jerónimos Monastery

### Russian Federation[edit]

* Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
* Chudov Monastery
* Simonov Monastery
* Novospassky Monastery
* Novodevichy Convent
* Borisoglebsky Monastery
* Ferapontov Monastery
* Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
* Solovetsky Monastery
* Khutyn Monastery
* Ipatiev Monastery
* Valaam Monastery
* Danilov Monastery
* Andronikov Monastery
* Alexander Nevsky Monastery
* Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

### Spain[edit]

* Lluc Sanctuary, Majorca
* Monasterio de Piedra, Zaragoza Province
* Nuestra Señora de Rueda Monastery, Zaragoza Province
* San Salvador of Leyre Abbey, Navarre
* Santa María de El Paular Monastery, Madrid Province
* Santa María de Montserrat Abbey, Barcelona Province
* Santa María de Moreruela Abbey, Zamora Province
* Santa María de Poblet Monastery, Tarragona Province
* Santa María de Vallbona Monastery, Lleida Province
* Santa María la Real de Fitero Monastery, Navarre
* Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas Monastery, Burgos Province
* Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey, Burgos Province
* Suso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province
* Yuso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province

### Sweden[edit]

* List of Catholic monasteries and convents in Sweden

### Switzerland[edit]

* List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland

### United Kingdom[edit]

* List of monastic houses in England
* List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man
* List of monastic houses in Northern Ireland
* List of monastic houses in Scotland
* List of monastic houses in Wales

## In Asia[edit]

### Australia[edit]

* See List of monasteries in Australia

### China[edit]

#### People's Republic[edit]

* Yenki Abbey, Yenki (Yanji)

#### Hong Kong[edit]

* Our Lady of Joy Abbey (Trappist Haven Monastery), Lantau Island, New Territories

### India[edit]

* St Michael's Priory, Kumily

### Indonesia[edit]

* Rawaseneng Monastery, Temanggung
* Bunda Pemersatu Monastery, Gedono, Semarang
* Lamanabi Trappist Monastery, East Flores

### Korea[edit]

#### North Korea[edit]

* St Benedict's Territorial Abbey, Tokwon

#### South Korea[edit]

* St Bernardo Tolomei Abbey, Goseong
* St Maurus and St Placidus Abbey, Waegwan

### Philippines[edit]

* St Benedict's Conventual Priory, Digos
* Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey, Manila

### Syria[edit]

* See Monasteries of Syria

#### Orthodox[edit]

* Greek
* Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kferam, Homs
* St. Elias (Deir Mar Elias), Sednaya
* Mar Sarkis, Maaloula
* Syriac
* Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Kferam, Homs

## In the Americas[edit]

### Argentina[edit]

* Abadía de Cristo Rey, Tucumán
* Monasterio Benedictino Santa María, Los Toldos
* Abadía de San Benito, Luján
* Abadía del Niño Dios, Victoria

### Canada[edit]

* Saint Benedict Abbey, Quebec, Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Quebec
* Abbey of Notre-Dame du Lac (Oka, Quebec)
* Ursulines of Quebec
* Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus
* Westminster Abbey, Mission, BC

### United States[edit]

* Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California
* Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Abbey of Regina Laudis, Bethlehem, Connecticut
* Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota
* Belmont Abbey, Belmont, North Carolina
* Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota
* Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, located on Mt. Equinox, outside Arlington, Vermont
* Christ the King Priory, Schuyler, Nebraska
* Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri
* Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, Pennsylvania
* Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C.
* Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, D.C.
* Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois
* Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, South Carolina
* Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiú, New Mexico
* Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek, Hulbert, Oklahoma
* Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia
* Monks of Mary, Sprague, Washington
* Mount Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, Oregon
* Mount Michael Abbey, suburban Omaha, Nebraska
* Mount Saviour Monastery, Elmira, New York
* New Melleray Abbey, near Dubuque, Iowa.
* Our Lady of Dallas Abbey, Dallas, Texas
* Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
* Saint Anselm's Abbey, Washington, D.C.
* Saint Anselm Abbey, Goffstown, New Hampshire
* Saint Benedict Abbey, Still River, Massachusetts
* St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama
* Saint Benedict's Abbey, Atchison, Kansas
* Saint Gregory's Abbey, Shawnee, Oklahoma
* Saint Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, Michigan
* Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota
* St. Joseph Abbey, Louisiana, Saint Benedict, Louisiana
* St. Joseph's Abbey, Massachusetts, Spencer, Massachusetts
* Saint Leo Abbey, Saint Leo, Florida
* Saint Louis Abbey, St. Louis, Missouri
* Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Spencer County, Indiana
* St. Michael's Abbey, Silverado, California
* St Paul's Abbey, Newton, New Jersey
* Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
* Subiaco Abbey and Academy, Subiaco, Arkansas

### Venezuela[edit]

* St Joseph's Abbey, Güigüe

## In Africa[edit]

### Benin[edit]

* Mont Tabor de Hékanmè, Attogon

### Burkina Faso[edit]

* Abbaye Saint-Benoît de Koubri, Koubri

### Democratic Republic of the Congo[edit]

* Monastery of St Odile, Malandji
* Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources, Lubumbashi

### Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)[edit]

* Monastère Bénédictin Sainte-Marie, Bouaké

### Kenya[edit]

* Prince of Peace Conventual Priory, Tigoni

### Senegal[edit]

* Abbaye de Keur Moussa, Dakar

### South Africa[edit]

* Sacred Heart Abbey, Inkamana
* St Benedict's Abbey, Pietersburg

### Tanzania[edit]

* St Maurus and St Placidus Abbey, Hanga
* Our Lady Help of Christians Abbey, Ndanda

### Togo[edit]

* Incarnation Conventual Priory, Agbang
* Abbaye de l'Ascension, Dzogbégan

### Uganda[edit]

* Christ the King Priory, Tororo

## Fictional abbeys[edit]

* Redwall Abbey

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## See also[edit]

* Territorial Abbacy
* List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical), with links to many related lists
* Lists of Christian monasteries
* Lists of Christian buildings and structures
* Index: Lists of buildings and structures

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Laudato Si". Vermont Catholic. 8 (4): 73. December 19, 2016.

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