Ampleforth Abbey

Church in North Yorkshire, England

Ampleforth Abbey is a monastery of Benedictine monks a mile to the east of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It descends from the pre-Reformation community at Westminster Abbey through the last surviving monk from Westminster, Sigebert Buckley (c. 1520 - c. 1610). As of 2024 the monastery has 41 monks, and sometimes will have 50 nuns of the monastery organization.

OS grid reference	SE598788 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Location	Ampleforth, North Yorkshire +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country	England +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Denomination	Catholic Church +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Website	Abbey.Ampleforth.org.uk +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

HISTORY

Status	Abbey +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Founded	1802 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Founder	Lady Anne Fairfax +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Dedication	St Lawrence the Martyr +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

ARCHITECTURE

Functional status	Active +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Heritage designation	Grade I +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Designated	9 September 1985 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPECIFICATIONS

ADMINISTRATION

Deanery	Central +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Diocese	Middlesbrough +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Province	Liverpool +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

CLERGY

Abbot

Fr Cuthbert Madden OSB

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