Saint John's Preparatory Heads, 1857-present

1857-1858	Father Cornelius Wittmann, OSB
1858-1862	Father Benedict Haindl, OSB
1862-1865	Father Othmar Wirtz, OSB
1865-1867	Father Benedict Haindl, OSB
1867-1869	Abbot Rupert Seidenbusch, OSB
1869-1872	Father Wolfgang Northman, OSB
1872-1875	Father Alexius Edelbrock, OSB
1875-1884	Abbot Alexius Edelbrock, OSB
1884-1885	Father Chrysostom Schreiner, OSB
1885-1890	Father Oswald Baran, OSB
1890-1896	Father Herman Bergmann, OSB
1896-1921	Abbot Peter Engel, OSB
1921-1923	Father Virgil Michel, OSB, Dean
1923-1924	Father Lambert Weckwerth, OSB, Dean
1924-1927	Father Walter Reger, OSB, Dean
1927-1928	Father Mark Braun, OSB, Dean
1928-1936	Father Theodore Krebsbach, OSB, Dean
1936-1940	Father Amo Gustin, OSB, Dean
1940-1942	Father Vincent Tegeder, OSB, Dean
1942-1946	Father Philibert Harrer, OSB, Dean
1946-1952	Father Alfred Deutsch, OSB, Dean
1952-1958	Father Stanley Roche, OSB, Dean
1958-1972	Father Gregory Soukup, OSB, Headmaster
1972-1974	Father James Tingerthal, OSB, Headmaster
1974-1980	Father Alan Steichen, OSB, Headmaster
1980-1988	Brother Linus Ascheman, OSB, Headmaster
1988-1994	Father Tom Andert, OSB, Headmaster
1994-1998	Father Mark Thamert, OSB, President
1998-2006	Father Gordon Tavis, OSB, President
2006-	Father Timothy Backous, OSB, Headmaster