St. Gregory's Abbey (Oklahoma)

St. Gregory's Abbey
Saint Gregory's Abbey
Location within Oklahoma
St. Gregory's Abbey (Oklahoma) (the United States)
Monastery information
OrderBenedictines
Established1876
DioceseArchdiocese of Oklahoma City
People
FoundersRev. Isidore Robot, O.S.B.
AbbotRt. Rev. Lawrence Stasyszen, O.S.B.
PriorVery Rev. Simeon Spitz, O.S.B.
ArchbishopMost. Rev. Paul S. Coakley
Architecture
Functional statusAbbey
Site
Coordinates35°22′05″N 96°57′12″W / 35.36806°N 96.95333°W / 35.36806; -96.95333
Saint Gregory's Abbey
LocationPottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Built1876
NRHP reference No.75001572
Added to NRHP08/15/1975

St. Gregory's Abbey is a Catholic monastery of the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Founded by monks of the French monastery of Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire in 1876, the abbey was originally located in present-day Konawa, Oklahoma and called Sacred Heart Abbey. The abbey's school, St. Gregory's University, closed in 2017.