Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien

[1] He set up a house in 1884 at Reichenbach in the Oberpfalz, but the site was too remote, and in 1887 the community moved to what is now St. Ottilien Archabbey in Oberbayern.

Similarly the Congregation's Zululand mission (begun in 1921) is now an independent monastery serving the diocese it once helped to create.

Further monasteries were established in North and South America after World War I, and more recently several new foundations have been made in Uganda, Togo, Cuba, Egypt.

Women religious have formed part of the Missionary Benedictine enterprise from the beginning, based at first at St. Ottilien but shortly after at their own house nearby.

As the Church grew in Africa and Asia, the Missionary Benedictines eventually began to accept indigenous vocations.