St Benedict's Abbey, Pietersburg (Polokwane), Limpopo, South Africa, is a Benedictine monastery of the Subiaco Congregation.
Inspired by the contribution of the first generations of Benedictines in the conversion of Western Europe, they hoped to take over the area as a mission territory and establish a monastery.
Two years later, the Benedictines' mission territory, previously a Prefecture Apostolic, was raised to the status of an Abbey Nullius.
His successor, Abbot-Bishop Francis Clement van Hoeck, O.S.B., was compelled to transfer the monastery from Noodshulp to the city of Pieterburg (Polokwane) itself, which was the see of the Abbey Nullius.
Thus, when Abbot-Bishop Fulgence Le Roy, O.S.B., succeeded van Hoeck in 1975, the monastery was relocated to a mission station known as Subiaco, situated at the foot of a mountain range 40 km from Pietersburg.
Abbot-Bishop Le Roy became head of the diocese, and was succeeded as abbot by Fr Willibrord Van Rompaey.
In May of 2020, Abbot John Paul Mwaniki was appointed as Apostolic Commissary for Saint Benedict's Abbey, Subiaco, Polokwane.
Despite the comparatively small size of the monastic community, the monks of Subiaco are quite involved in the life of the local church and the people.
[1] In 2024, St. Benedict's Abbey, Polokwane, included nineteen monks (priests and brothers) in the community, nine of whom were in solemn monastic profession and five in temporary vows.