Editing Trappists (section)

=== Abbots General ===
[[File:Dom Sébastien Wyart.jpg|thumb| [[Sébastien Wyart]], 1st Abbot General of the Trappists between 1892 and 1904]]
The Abbot General is elected for an unrestricted amount of time by the General Chapter. He is assisted by a Council that is composed of five members, four of them are elected by the General Chapter and the fifth is chosen by the elected Council members. The Abbot General and his Council reside in Rome and are generally in charge of the order's affairs.<ref name="AOLHT">{{cite web |url=http://www.holytrinityabbey.org/order_history.html |title=Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity: Brief History |publisher=Holytrinityabbey.org |access-date=2010-01-18 |archive-date=2010-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225115504/http://holytrinityabbey.org/order_history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The present Abbot General is Dom [[Bernardus Peeters]] of [[Koningshoeven Abbey]] in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://monks.org/bernardus-peeters-elected-abbot-general |title=Dom Bernardus Peeters elected Abbot General |date=10 March 2022 |publisher=monks.org |access-date=2022-06-16 |archive-date=2023-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022230734/https://monks.org/bernardus-peeters-elected-abbot-general/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

# 1892–1904: [[Sébastien Wyart]]
# 1904–1922: [[Augustin Marre]]
# 1922–1929: Jean-Baptiste Ollitraut de Keryvallan
# 1929–1943: Herman-Joseph Smets
# 1943–1951: Dominique Nogues
# 1951–1963: Gabriel Sortais
# 1964–1974: Ignace Gillet
# 1974–1990: Ambroise Southey
# 1990–2008: Bernardo-Luis-José Oliveira
# 2008–2022: [[Eamon Fitzgerald (trappist)|Eamon Fitzgerald]]
# 2022–present: [[Bernardus Peeters]]