Administrative Histories

The Abbots of Saint John's Abbey

1. Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, OSB; December 12, 1866 - February 12, 1875

2. Abbot Alexius Edelbrock, OSB; June 2, 1875 - November 27, 1889

3. Abbot Bernard Locnikar, OSB; May 7, 1890 - November 7, 1894

4. Abbot Peter Engel, OSB; November 28, 1894 - November 27, 1921

5. Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, OSB; December 29, 1921 - October 19, 1950

6. Abbot Baldwin Dworschak, OSB; December 28, 1950 - July 23, 1971

7. Abbot John Eidenschink, OSB; August 24, 1971 - August 20, 1979

8. Abbot Jerome Theisen, OSB; August 22, 1979 - September 19, 1992

9. Abbot Timothy Kelly, OSB; November 27, 1992 - November 23, 2000

10. Abbot John Klassen, OSB; November 24, 2000 - January 8, 2024

11. Abbot Douglas Mullin, OSB; January 9, 2024 -

The Priors of Saint John's Abbey

1. Demetrius de Marogna, OSB; April 5, 1856 - October 7, 1857

2. Cornelius Wittmann, OSB; October 7, 1857 - September 20, 1858

3. Benedict Haindl, OSB; September 21, 1858 - October 15, 1862

4. Othmar Wirtz, OSB; October 16, 1862 - December 8, 1865

5. Benedict Haindl, OSB; December 8, 1865 - June 5, 1872

6. Alexius Edelbrock, OSB; 1875 - June 1875

7. Clement Staub, OSB; October 26, 1875 - March 4, 1877

8. Bernard Locnikar, OSB; March 4, 1877 - August 14, 1879

9. Norbert Hofbauer, OSB; August 15, 1879 - November 25, 1889

10. Severin Gross, OSB; September 26, 1890 - August 1893

11. Pancratius Maehren, OSB; September 1, 1893 - February 27, 1895

12. Herman Bergmann, OSB; July 21, 1895 - September 1916

13. Alcuin Deutsch, OSB; September 9, 1917 - February 14, 1922

14. Alfred Mayer, OSB; April 1922 - May 15, 1929

15. Basil Stegmann, OSB; August 1929 - August 1932

16. Magnus Hermanutz, OSB; August 1932 - August 15, 1933

17. Rembert Bularzik, OSB; August 1933 - August 1943

18. Roger Schoenbechler, OSB; August 1943 - September 1946

19. Clarus Graves, OSB; September 1946 - December 1946

20. Baldwin Dworschak, OSB; January 6, 1947 - December 28, 1950

21. Clarus Graves, OSB; December 1950 - June 1964

22. Berthold Ricker, OSB; June 18, 1964 - June 3, 1975

23. Gordon Tavis, OSB; June 4, 1975 - June 1980

24. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB; August 1, 1980 - February 1982

25. Julian Schmiesing, OSB; March 4, 1982 - June 1989

26. Jonathan Licari, OSB; June 6, 1989 - June 30, 1994

27. Geoffrey Fecht, OSB; July 1, 1994 - June 27, 2001

28. Raymond Pedrizetti, OSB; June 28, 2001 - June 30, 2007

29. Thomas Andert, OSB; June 30, 2007 - August 10, 2015

30. Bradley Jenniges, OSB; July 1, 2016 -

The Treasurers of Saint John's Abbey

1. Clement Staub, OSB; 1859-1875

2. Norbert Hofbauer, OSB; 1875-1894

3. Herman Bergmann, OSB; 1895-1906

4. Paul Neussendorfer, OSB; 1907-1908

5. Claude Wiemann, OSB; 1909-1910

6. Herbert Buershinger, OSB; 1911-1915

7. Hugo Tell, OSB; 1916-1919

8. Paul Nessendorfer, OSB; 1920

9. Julius Locnikar, OSB; 1921-1923

10. Raymond Basel, OSB; 1924-1930

11. Roland Kapsner, OSB; 1931-1935

12. Egbert Goeb, OSB; 1936-1939

13. Maurice Hurrle, OSB; 1939-1941

14. Linus Schieffer, OSB; 1942

15. Ignatius Candrian, OSB; 1943-1955

16. Florian Muggli, OSB; 1955-1971

17. Gervase Soukup, OSB; July 1, 1971 - June 30, 1980

18. Gordon Tavis, OSB; July 1, 1980 - December 31, 1996

19. Benedict Leuthner, OSB; January 1, 1997 -