English Benedictine Congregation

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.

English Benedictine Congregation
AbbreviationPost-nominal letters: O.S.B.
NicknameEBC
Formation1216
TypeBenedictines
HeadquartersUnited Kingdom
Region served
UK, United States, Peru, Zimbabwe
Members
246 monastics (as of 2020)
Abbot President
Christopher Jamison, O.S.B.
Parent organization
Benedictine Confederation; Roman Catholic Church
Websitewww.benedictines.org.uk
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