The following is a list of current
Catholic
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religious institute
A religious institute is a type of institute of consecrated life in the Catholic Church whose members take religious vows and lead a life in community with fellow members. Religious institutes are one of the two types of institutes of consecra ...
s. Most are
Latin Catholic
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; however,
Eastern Catholic
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of ...
institutes are also included.
The list given here includes not only examples of
pontifical-right institutes but also some that are only of
diocesan right. It includes even some
associations formed with a view to ''becoming'' religious institutes but not yet canonically erected even on the diocesan level.
The list does not distinguish between institutes that historically would be classified either as "
orders
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
" or as "
congregations".
Institutes are listed alphabetically by their ''common'' names, not their ''official'' ones. For example, the
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
, officially called the Society of Jesus, would be listed under 'J' rather than under 'S.' If an institute's official name is used more often than a nickname, it will be listed as such.
List
See also
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List of defunct Catholic religious institutes
References
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External links
Catholic HierarchyVocation Network
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