Saint Vincent Archabbey

Saint Vincent Archabbey

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Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	October 24, 1846
Mother house	Metten Abbey (Founded 766)
Diocese	Diocese of Greensburg
People
Founder(s)	Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B.
Abbot	Rt. Rev. Martin Bartel, O.S.B.
Prior	Rev. Killian Loch, O.S.B.
Site
Location	Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°17′34″N 79°24′03″W / 40.29278°N 79.40083°W / 40.29278; -79.40083
Public access	Yes
Website	www.saintvincentarchabbey.org

Saint Vincent Archabbey is a Benedictine monastery in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the city of Latrobe. A member of the American-Cassinese Congregation, it is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul.

Pope Pius XII raised the monastery church to the status of a Minor basilica via his decree Quasi fons lucis on 25 August 1955.