page_title: Boniface Wimmer
hierarchical_section_title: Boniface Wimmer
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bonifaz Wimmer, Benediktiner-Erzabt von Saint Vincent, Latrobe, USA, ehemals Mönch der Abtei Metten, Bayern English: Bonifaz Wimmer OSB, Archabbot of Saint Vincent, Latrobe, USA and former monk of Metten Abbey, Bavaria, Germany Latina: Bonifaz Wimmer OSB, archiabbas arciabbatiae Sancti Vincentii et Congregationis Americana-Casinensis O.S.B. Praeses, USA, natus in Bavaria
context_page_description: Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh. In 1855 Wimmer founded the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Confederation.
context_section_description: Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B. (1809–1887) was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh. In 1855 Wimmer founded the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Confederation.
caption: Boniface Wimmer OSB (1809-1887)
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