Boniface Wimmer

Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, (1809–1887) was a German monk who in 1846 founded the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

In 1855, Wimmer founded the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Confederation. Provided by Wikipedia