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Catholic religious orders ('Religious Institutes', cf. canons 573-746) are the major form of Consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church. They are organizations of laity and/or clergy who live a common life following a religious rule under the leadership of a religious superior. They do so for the purpose of imitating Jesus of Nazareth more closely, mainly but not exclusively (for every order has also its peculiar charism) by observing evangelical chastity, poverty and obedience, which are the three evangelical counsels of perfection (cf. canons 599-601). They bind themselves in Church Law to this form of Christian living by taking public vows. They may additionally profess to obey certain guidelines for living. Vows are to be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament which bishops, priests and deacons receive, and thus religious are not members of the hierarchy.

There are two basic types of Catholic religious orders: congregations, which take simple vows (e.g. the Congregation of Holy Cross), and orders proper, which take solemn vows (for example, the Society of Jesus) but the term congregation sometimes also applies to branches of an order which historically united several ones and/or was extended with one or more branches of a different kind, such as for women in addition to the pre-existing one for men, or tertiaries.

A number of generic terms exist to define groups of orders and congregations, but they are not always exclusively defined. These include Mendicant orders, Canons regular, etc. As well particular or familiar names exist for religious such as Brother and Sister, whereas older terms including Mother and Nun are now more infrequently used. Technically Nuns are religious women who profess solemn vows rather than simple vows.

List of Roman Catholic religious institutes

The following list refers to some of the major religious institutes of the Catholic Church, both orders and others; it should be understood that communities using the same name may exist in Anglican or Eastern Orthodox traditions as well, as well as more than one Catholic order with the same name. Each is accompanied by its official name in English as well as the acronym (or "post-nominal initials") commonly used to identify its members. In many cases name variations and/or alternative names are also in use. In parentheses is the year it was established and the number of members, if known.

  1. Alexians - C.F.A.
  2. Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - A.S.C.J.
  3. Adrian Dominican Sisters
  4. Adorers (Adorers of the Blood of Christ) - A.S.C.
  5. Adornos (Clerics Regular Minor) - C.R.M.
  6. Angelic Sisters of St. Paul - A.S.S.P.
  7. Religious of the Assumption
  8. Little Sisters of the Assumption
  9. Oblates of the Assumption
  10. Orantes of the Assumption
  11. Assumptionists - A.A. (1845)
  12. Atonement, Society of the (Atonement Friars/Graymoor Friars/Sisters) - S.A. (1909)
  13. Augustinian Recollects - (Order of the Augustinians Recollects) - O.A.R. (1912)
  14. Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary - A.S.J.M.
  15. Augustinians (Order of Saint Augustine) - O.S.A. (1256)
  16. Augustinians of Kansas: Society of Saint Augustine - S.S.A. (1981)
  17. Baladites (Order of Lebanese Maronite) - O.L.M.
  18. Barnabites (Clerics Regular of Saint Paul) - B., C.R.S.P. (1530)
  19. Benedictines (Order of Saint Benedict) - O.S.B. (1216)
  20. Benedictine Oblates of St Scholastica
  21. Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (1874)
  22. Bernardine Cistercian Sisters of Esquiermes
  23. Bernardines (also see Cistercians) (1098)
  24. - C.B.S. (1824)
  25. Bridgettines (Order of Our Savior) - O.Ss.S. (1350)
  26. Brotherhood of Hope - B.H. (1980)
  27. Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel -S.G. (1711)
  28. Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallian Brothers or Christian Brothers) - F.S.C. (1680)
  29. Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis of Assisi (Brothers CFP located in the United States, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Brazil, Regular Third Order)
  30. Catholics of the Buffalo - C.B. (1390)
  31. Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God (
  32. Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) - C.S.Sp (1703)
  33. Stigmatines (Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata) - C.S.S.
  34. Sisters of St Therese of the Child Jesus (St Therese Sisters - Tanzania) - S.S.Th.
  35. Sulpician Fathers (Society of Saint Sulpice) - S.S., P.S.S. (1642)
  36. Teutonic Order (1190)
  37. Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis - Cameroon (1700)
  38. Theatines (Congregation of Clerics Regular) - C.R. (1524)
  39. Trappists (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) - O.C.R., O.C.S.O. (1662)
  40. Trinitarians (Order of the Most Holy Trinity) - O.SS.T. (1194)
  41. Ursulines (Ursuline Nuns of the Roman Union) - O.S.U. (1535)
  42. Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity - M.V.D.F
  43. Viatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator) - C.S.V. (1831)
  44. Visitation Nuns (Second Federation of the Visitation Order)
  45. Vocationists (The Society of Divine Vocations) - S.D.V.
  46. White Fathers - M.Afr. (1868)
  47. Xaverian Brothers - C.F.X.
  48. Xaverian Missionaries (Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier) - S.X.


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