Religious Orders for Men
August 20, 2025
Religious Institutes of Men
The names in brackets are alternate organizational names, and the initials in parentheses denote the self-identifying symbol used by members when signing documents. This list does not include all the Religious Orders of the Catholic Church.
Augustinians [Order of St. Augustine] (O.S.A.)
Barnabites [Clerics Regular of St. Paul] (C.R.S.P.)
Belgian Foreign Missionaries of Scheut [Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Missionaries of Scheut] (C.I.C.M.)
Benedictines [Benedictine Fathers] (O.S.B.)
Carmelites [Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Calced Carmelite Fathers, Calced Carmelites, Discalced Carmelites] (O.C.C.) (O.C.D.)
Brothers of the Sacred Heart (S.C.) Comboni Missionaries [Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, Verona Fathers] (F.S.C.J.) (M.C.C.J.)
Capuchins [Capuchin Fathers, Capuchin Franciscans, Franciscan Capuchins, Order of Friars Minor] (O.M.Cap.) (O.F.M.Cap.)
Catholic Foreign Mission Society [Maryknoll] (M.M.)
Christian Brothers [Brothers of the Christian Schools] (F.S.C.)
Claretian Missionaries (C.M.F.)
Comboni Missionaries [Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, Verona Fathers] (M.C.C.J.)
Community of the Sons and Daughters of God (C.F.D.)
Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (A.A.)
Congregation of Holy Cross [Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross] (C.S.C.)
Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart [Sacred Heart Fathers] (S.C.J.) (The Dehonians)
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (S.S.S.)
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary [Missionhurst, Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary] (C.I.C.M.)
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary [Picpus Fathers (C.C.J.M.)] (SS.CC.)
Conventuals [Order of Friars Minor Conventual, Conventual Franciscans] (O.F.M.Conv.)
Crosier Fathers [Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, Fathers of the Holy Cross] (O.S.C)
Discalced Carmelites(O.C.D.) Dominicans [Order of Preachers] (O.P.)
Franciscans [Franciscan Fathers, Order of Friars Minor] (O.F.M.)
Glenmary Home Missioners (Glmy.)
Hijos de la Sagrada Familia [Sons of the Holy Family] (S.F.)
Holy Ghost Fathers [Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Spiritans] (C.S.Sp.)
Holy Fathers of Notre Dame [unknown]
Jesuits [Society of Jesus] (S.J.)
Marian Fathers [Congregation of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception] (M.I.C.)
Marianists, Marists (S.M.)
Marist Brothers (F.M.S.)
Missionaries of La Salete [Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette] (M.S.)
Missionaries of the Holy Apostles (M.S.A.)
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (MSpS)
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.)
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity ((M.S.S.S.T.) (S.T.)
5 Oblates of Mary Immaculate [Missionary Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, Oblate Fathers, Oblates of Mary] (O.M.I.) Pallotines [Society of the Catholic Apostolate] (S.A.C.)
Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCist, SOCist)
Order of the Discalced Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (O.C.D.)
Passionists [Congregation of the Passion] (C.P.)
Paulist Fathers (C.S.P.)
Premonstratensians [Canons Regular of Premontre, Norbertine Fathers, Norbertines] (O. Praem.)
Redemptorists [Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris] (C.Ss.R.)
Regular Franciscans [Third Order Regular of St. Francis] (T.O.R.)
Rosminians [Institute of Charity](I.C.)
St. Columbans Foreign Mission Society (S.S.C.) Salvatorians [Society of the Divine Savior] (S.D.S.)
Seminary of the Foreign Missions Servites (O.S.M.)
Society of African Missions (S.M.A.)
Society of the Atonement [Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor Friars] (S.A.)
Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.)
Society of the Precious Blood (C.PP.S.)
Society of St. Edmund [Edmundites, Society of St. Edmund Fathers, Society of the Fathers of St. Edmund] (S.S.E.)
Sons of the Holy Family (S.F.)
Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (C.M.F.)
Sulpicians [Society of St. Sulpice] (S.S.)
Theatines [Theatine Fathers] (C.R.)
Trappists [The Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance] (O.C.S.O.)
Vincentians [Congregation of the Mission] (C.M.)
Xaverians [Brothers of St. Francis Xavier] (C.F.X.)
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