Global InformationBenedictine Abbey of Pietersburg information
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | St Benedict's Abbey |
| Order | Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, Order of Saint Benedict |
| Established | 1937 |
| Dedicated to | Benedict of Nursia |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Polokwane |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Monks of Congregatio Sublacensis Cassinensis, Extra Provincial, under Abbot President |
| Prior | Vacant |
| Site | |
| Location | Pietersburg (Polokwane), Limpopo, South Africa |
St Benedict's Abbey, Pietersburg (Polokwane), Limpopo, South Africa, is a Benedictine monastery of the Subiaco Congregation. It began in 1911 as a mission territory; the community established a monastery in 1937. As an Abbey Nullius, the monastery governed what is now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Polokwane until 1989. As of 2022, the community numbers about 12 in various stages of formation monks. The community was given the Very Rev. Dominic Mohapi, OSB, as Prior Administrator on August 18, 2022.