Ottilien Congregation - Demographics

Demographics

As a Congregation founded with the purpose of evangelizing German East Africa, it is no great surprise that the vast majority of early monks were Germans. As the Church grew in Africa and Asia, the Missionary Benedictines eventually began to accept indigenous vocations. Though the Congregation's European houses currently possess the greatest number of solemnly professed monks, these will soon be outnumbered by the African monasteries.

As of May 18 2011, the Benedictine Missionaries feature four houses with monastic populations in excess of one hundred monks:

• Waegwan (131)
• Hanga (122)
• St Ottilien (122)
• Münsterschwarzach (116)