Stiepel Priory Explained

Stiepel Priory is a Cistercian monastery in Stiepel in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

It was founded in 1988 at the instigation of Franz Hengsbach, first Bishop of the Diocese of the Ruhr. It is a dependent house of Heiligenkreuz Abbey in Austria.

The priory church is also a place of pilgrimage to the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is taken care of by the monks and the local parish.

Priors and Subpriors

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1 September 198830 September 2001 Beda ZilchChristian Feurstein
1 October 200130 September 2004Christian FeursteinJakobus Kempkes
1 October 200410 February 2011Maximilian HeimJakobus Kempkes
10 February 201112 Juny 2014Primin HolzschuhJakobus Kempkes
13 Juny 20141 February 2018Primin HolzschuhAndreas Wüller
2 February 201830 November 2019Andreas WüllerGabriel Chumacera
30 November 2019Maurus ZerbRupert Fetsch

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