Ampleforth Abbey

Ampleforth Abbey
The Abbey Church of St Laurence, Ampleforth
Ampleforth Abbey Location within North Yorkshire
54°12′06″N 1°05′05″W / 54.2018°N 1.0847°W / 54.2018; -1.0847
OS grid reference	SE598788
Location	Ampleforth, North Yorkshire
Country	England
Denomination	Catholic Church
Website	Ampleforthabbey.org.uk
History
Status	Abbey
Founded	1802
Founder(s)	Lady Anne Fairfax
Dedication	St Laurence the Martyr
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I[1]
Designated	9 September 1985[1]
Administration
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Middlesbrough
Deanery	Central
Clergy
Abbot	Robert Igo

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.^[2]