Andrew Hintenach

Andrew Hintenach, OSB was a German-born Catholic monk who served as the second archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania from 1888 to 1892.

Biography

Early life Andrew Hintenach was born in Schollbrunn, Baden, on May 12, 1844 as Tobias Hinentach, and came to Baltimore with his parents when he was two years old. He entered Saint Vincent College at the age of 10 and became a novice at St. Vincent Abbey in 1850 at the age of sixteen, taking the religious name Andrew. He professed solemn vows on July 11, 1861, and six years later was ordained a priest by bishop Michael Domenec of Pittsburgh, offering his First Mass at St. Mary's Church in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. He taught classics and history at St. Vincent College up until 1876, when he was appointed Prior by Boniface Wimmer. Following this, he then became superior of the abbey's mission in Alabama before being elected the second abbot of the monastery on 8 February 1888.

Archabbacy Hintenach was blessed as abbot on July 5, 1888 and shortly thereafter received the honorary title of archabbot by special indult of the Holy See. and then in Erie, Pennsylvania. He retired from active ministry in 1921, living a quiet life until his death on September 7, 1927, at the age of 83. Bishop Hugh Boyle celebrated the Requiem Mass.