Institutes of Consecrated Life

Name	Abbreviation	Nickname	Type
Agostiniani Scalzi	O.A.D.	Discalced Augustinians	Mendicant Order
Antonian Order of Saint Ormizda of the Chaldeans (Chaldean)	O.A.O.C.		Monastic Order
Antonin Maronite Order (Maronite)	O.A.M.		Monastic Order
Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat (Melkite Greek)	B.S.	Basilian Salvatorian Order	Monastic Order
Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra (Maronite)	O.M.M.	Aleppians	Monastic Order
Augustinians of the Assumption	A.A.	Assumptionists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	B.C.		Monastic Order
Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	O.S.B.M.	Order of St. Basil the Great	Monastic Order
Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy	F.D.M.	CMM Brothers	Lay Religious Congregation
Brothers of the Sacred Heart	S.C.		Lay Religious Congregation
Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona	E.C.M.C.	Camaldolese	Monastic Order
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim	C.R.V.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor	C.R.S.V.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Brothers of Community Life	C.R.V.C.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	C.R.L.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	C.R.B.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception	C.R.I.C.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Lateran Congregation of Austria	C.R.L.A.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Mother of God	C.R.M.G.		Order of Canons Regular
Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross	O.S.C.	Crosier Fathers	Order of Canons Regular
Capuchin Tertiary Religious of Our Lady of Sorrows	T.C.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	C.M.I.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Carthusian Order	O. Cart.		Monastic Order
Chemin Neuf Institute	I.C.N.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Clerics of Saint Viator	C.S.V.	Viatorians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Clerics Regular Minor	C.R.M.	Caracciolini	Order of Clerics Regular
Clerics Regular of St. Paul	B.	Barnabites	Order of Clerics Regular
Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	O.M.D.		Order of Clerics Regular
Clerks Regular of Somasca	C.R.S.	Padri Somachi	Order of Clerics Regular
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	M.C.C.I.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Company of Mary for the Education of the Deaf	S. M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	C.R.S.A.		Order of Canons Regular
Congregación de San Pedro ad-Vincula	S.P. ad V.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congrégation du Sacré-Coeur	S.C.J.	Pères de Timon David	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Christian Doctrine	D.C.	Dottrinari	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz	C.Op.	Calasantini	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Clerics Regular	C.R.	Theatines	Order of Clerics Regular
Congregration of Jesus the Priest	C.G.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary	M.I.C.	Marian Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	C.M.M.	Marianhiller Missionare	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	M.S.F.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Saint John the Baptist Precursor	C.S.I.B.P.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Saint Joseph	C.S.I.	Giuseppini del Murialdo	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel	C.S.M.A.	Michaelites	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”	C.S.T.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Servants of Charity	S.d.C.	Guanellian Priests and Brothers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of St. Basil	C.S.B.	Basilian Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	S.S.S.	Blessed Sacrament Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of Holy Cross	C.S.C.	Holy Cross Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Blessed Father Piamarta	F.N.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Holy Spirit	C.S.Sp.	Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	C.I.C.M.	Scheutists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	L.C.	Legionaries of Christ	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	C.S.	Scalabrinians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	C.SS.R.	Redemptorists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Passion	C.P.	Passionists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Priestly Fraternity	C.F.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	S.C.I.	Dehonians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ	C. R.	Resurrectionists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	SS.CC.	Picpus Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata	C.S.S.	Stigmatine Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Schools of Charity	C.S.Ch.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate	F. M. I.	Pavonians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love	F.A.M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Congregazione dei Figli dell’Immacolata Concezione	C.F.I.C.	Concezionisti	Lay Religious Congregation
Congregazione Mechitarista	C.A.M.	Mechitarists	Monastic Order
Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	C.S.F.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Consolata Missionaries	I.M.C.	Consolata Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Discalced Mercedarians	O. M. D.		Mendicant Order
Fathers of Mercy	C.P.M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Fils de Marie Immaculée	F.M.I.	Pères de Chavagnes	Clerical Religious Congregation
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement	S.A.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate	F.I.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal	C.F.R.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer	F.S.V.F.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Hijos de la Sagrada Familia	S.F.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Indian Missionary Society	I.M.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	I.C.P.B.
Institute of Charity	I.C.	Rosminians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Institute Voluntas Dei	I.V.D.		Clerical Secular Institute
Institute of Schönstatt Fathers	P. Schönstatt	Schönstatt Fathers	Clerical Secular Institute
Institute of the Josephites of Belgium	C.J.	Josephites of Belgium	Clerical Religious Congregation
Istituto del Prado	Ist. del Prado	Prado Institute	Clerical Secular Institute
Knights of the Cross with the Red Star	O.Cr.		Order of Canons Regular
Little Brothers of Jesus	P.F.J.	Foucauld	Lay Religious Congregation
Little Mission for the Deaf and Dumb	P.M.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Misioneros de la Natividad de María	M.N.M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionari dei Poveri	M.O.P.		Lay Religious Congregation
Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel Messico	M.J.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	M.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales d’Annecy	M.S.F.S.	Fransalians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Company of Mary	S.M.M.	Montfort Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Divine Redeemer	M.D.R.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	M.Sp.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes	M. I. C.	Fathers of Garaison	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Saint Mary of Guadalupe	M. S. C.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	M.S.C.	Sacred Heart Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	M.SS.CC.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Mallorca)	M. SS. CC.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionaries of Workers	M.O.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Brothers of the Countryside	F.M.R.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	M.C.B.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity	S.T.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Servants of the Poor	S.d.P.	Morsel of the Poor	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Servants of the Word	M. S. P.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Society of St. Paul	M.S.S.P.	Paulist Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	C.M.F.	Claretians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Montfort Brothers of Saint Gabriel	S.G.		Lay Religious Congregation
Oblates of Mary Immaculate	O.M.I.	Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Clerical Religious Congregation
Oblates of Saint Joseph	O.S.I.	Josephines of Asti	Clerical Religious Congregation
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales	O.S.F.S.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Oblates of the Virgin Mary	O.M.V.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Orden de los Hermanos de Belén	O.F.B.	Betlemitas	Mendicant Order
Orden de San Jerónimo	O.S.H.	Monjes Jerónimos	Monastic Order
Order of Augustinian Recollects	O.A.R.	Augustinian Recollects	Mendicant Order
Order of Cistercians	O. Cist.	Cistercians	Monastic Order
Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	O.C.S.O.	Trappists	Monastic Order
Order of Discalced Carmelites	O.C.D.	Discalced Carmelites	Mendicant Order
Order of Friar Servants of Mary	O.S.M.	Servites	Mendicant Order
Order of Friars Minor	O.F.M.	Franciscans	Mendicant Order
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	O.F.M. Cap.	Capuchins	Mendicant Order
Order of Friars Minor Conventual	O.F.M. Conv.	Conventual Franciscans	Mendicant Order
Order of Friars Preachers	O.P.	Dominicans	Mendicant Order
Order of the Pious Schools	Sch. P.	Piarists	Order of Clerics Regular
Order of Imitation of Christ	O.I.C.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	O.L.M.	Baladites	Monastic Order
Order of Our Lady of Mercy	O. de M.	Mercedarians	Mendicant Order
Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	O. Carm.	Carmelites	Mendicant Order
Order of Saint Benedict	O.S.B.	Benedictines	Monastic Order
Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit	O.S.P.P.E.	Pauline Fathers	Monastic Order
Order of St. Augustine	O.S.A.	Augustinians	Mendicant Order
Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	O. Praem.	Premonstratensians	Order of Canons Regular
Order of the Holy Cross	O.R.C.		Order of Canons Regular
Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God	O.H.		Mendicant Order
Order of the Minims	O.M.	Minimi	Mendicant Order
Order of the Ministers of the Sick	M.I.	Camillians	Order of Clerics Regular
Order of the Most Holy Trinity	O.SS.T.	Trinitarians	Mendicant Order
Order of the Teutonic Knights of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem	O.T.	Teutonic Order	Order of Canons Regular
Ordine Basiliano Italiano di Grottaferrata	O.S.B.I.		Monastic Order
Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)	B.A.		Monastic Order
Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King	C.P.C.R.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Pious Workers Rural Catechists	P.O.C.R.	Ardorini Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza	P.S.D.P.	Don Calabria	Clerical Religious Congregation
Priests of Saint Mary of Tinchebray	P.S.M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram	S.C.I. di Béth.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Religieux de Saint Vincent de Paul	R.S.V.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus	R.C.J.	Rogationists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Rosarian Fathers	C.S.R.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Salesians of Saint John Bosco	S.D.B.	Salesians of St. John Bosco	Clerical Religious Congregation
Servants of Jesus and Mary	S.I.M.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Servants of the Holy Paraclete	S.P.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants	S. Chr.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Divine Vocations	S.D.V.	Vocationists	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Jesus	S.J.	Jesuits	Order of Clerics Regular
Society of Mary	S.M.	Marist Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Mary	S. M.	Marianist Fathers	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Saint Cajetan	P.S.S.G.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of Saint Edmund	S.S.E.	Edmundites	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of St. Paul	S.S.P.	Paulines	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of the Divine Savior	S.D.S.	Salvatorians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Society of the Divine Word	S.V.D.	Divine Word Missionaries	Clerical Religious Congregation
Sons of Charity	F.C.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Sons of Charity	F.d.C.C.	Canossians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Sons of Divine Providence	F.D.P.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Sons of Saint Mary Immaculate	F.S.M.I.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune	C.R.A.		Order of Canons Regular
Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	T.O.R.	Franciscan Friars (T.O.R.)	Mendicant Order
Ukrainian Studite Monks (Ukrainian)	M.S.U.		Monastic Order
Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	C.V.		Clerical Religious Congregation
Xaverian Missionary Fathers	S.X.	Xaverians	Clerical Religious Congregation
Other	Other	Other

Societies of Apostolic Life

Name	Abbreviation	Nickname
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America	M.M.	Maryknoll
Clerical Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles	M.S.A.
Clerical Society of Virgo Flos Carmeli	E.P.
Companions of the Cross	C.C.
Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri	C.O.	Oratorians
Congregation of Jesus and Mary	C.I.M.	Eudists
Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (Maronite)	M.L.	Kremisti
Congregation of the Mission	C.M.	Vincentians/Lazarists
Emmanuel Community	Comm. l'Emm.
Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo	F.S.C.B.	Fraternity of St. Charles
Glenmary Home Missioners	G.H.M.
Heralds of Good News	H.G.N.
Institut du Christ Roi Souverain Prétre	I.C.R.S.P.
Instituto Español de San Francisco Javier para Misiones Extranjeras	I.E.M.E.
Misioneros de Guadalupe	M.G.	Guadalupe Missionaries
Misioneros Javerianos de Yarumal	M.X.Y.
Missionari della Santa Croce	M.H.C.
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	M. Afr.	White Fathers
Missionários da Boa Nova	S.M.P.	Portuguese Missionary Society
Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria	M.S.P.N.
Missionary Society of St. Columban	S.S.C.M.E.	Columban Missionaries
Mission Society of the Philippines	M.S.P.
Oblates of Saints Ambrose and Charles	O.Ss.C.A.
Opus Spiritus Sancti	ALCP/OSS	Holy Spirit Fathers
Paulist Fathers	C.S.P.	Paulists
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	P.I.M.E.
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter	F.S.S.P.
Priestly Society of Saint Jacques	S.P.S.J.
Priestly Society of St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo	S.S.C.	Cottelengo Congregation
Scarboro Foreign Mission Society	S.F.M.
Società dei Missionari di San Paolo (Melkite Greek)	S.M.S.P.	Pères Paulistes
Société de l’Oratoire de Jésus	C.O.I.	Oratorians of France
La Société des Missions Etrangères	M.E.P.
Société des Missions-Étrangères	P.M.E.
Society of African Missions	S.M.A.
Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	S.M.B.
Society of Precious Blood	C.Pp.S.
Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	P.S.S.	Sulpicians
[Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)]	S.S.P.X.
Society of the Catholic Apostolate	S.A.C.	Pallottines
Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier	S.F.X.	Pilar Fathers
Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana	S.C.V.
St. Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	M.H.M.	Mill Hill Missionaries
St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart	S.S.J.	Josephite Fathers
St. Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	S.P.S.	Kiltegan Fathers
Workers of the Kingdom of Christ	C.O.R.C.

Note: The above lists are substantially incomplete. They currently only include orders with members who are/were bishops.

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