Stiepel Priory

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 Marian pilgrimage site to Our Lady of Sorrows.

Priors and Subpriors

From To Prior Subprior
1 September 1988 30 September 2001 Beda Zilch Christian Feurstein
1 October 2001 30 September 2004 Christian Feurstein Jakobus Kempkes
1 October 2004 10 February 2011 Maximilian Heim Jakobus Kempkes
10 February 2011 12 June 2014 Primin Holzschuh Jakobus Kempkes
13 June 2014 1 February 2018 Primin Holzschuh Andreas Wüller
2 February 2018 30 November 2019 Andreas Wüller Gabriel Chumacera
30 November 2019 Maurus Zerb Rupert Fetsch
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