INSTITUTES OF CLERICAL RELIGIOUS




CLERICAL ORDERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ESPECIALLY IN MISSIONARY AREAS SUCH AS AUSTRALIA WAS IN ITS VERY EARLY DAYS. MANY OF THESE ORDERS WERE INTRODUCED AS MISSIONARIES OR TO SERVE PARTICULAR APOSTOLATES. TO AID SELECTION THE ORDERS ARE LISTED BY THEIR SHORT OR COMMON NAMES. SELECTING ANY ORDER LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO AN INFORMATION PAGE ABOUT THE ORDER AND LINKS TO ALL THEIR FOUNDATIONS.



AFRICAN MISSION FATHERS
ANTONINE MONKS
AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS
BENEDICTINE MONKS (SUBIACO)
BENEDICTINE MONKS (SYLVESTRINE)
BLESSED SACRAMENT FATHERS
CAMILLANS
CAPUCHIN FRANCISCAN FRIARS
CARMELITE FRIARS
CARMELITE FRIARS (DISCALCED)
CISTERCIAN MONKS
CLARETIANS
DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES
DOMINICAN FRIARS
FRANCISCAN FRIARS
FRANCISCAN FRIARS (CONVENTUAL)
FRANCISCANS of the IMMACULATE
HOLY GHOST FATHERS (SPIRITANS)
JESUITS
LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST
MARONITE MISSIONARIES
MARONITE MONKS
MARIAN FATHERS
MARIST FATHERS
MILL HILL MISSIONARIES
MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART
NORBERTINE CANONS
OBLATES OF MARY
PALLOTTINES
PASSIONISTS
PAULINE FATHERS
PAULISTS
REDEMPTORISTS
RESURRECTION FATHERS
SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO
SOCIETY OF THE DIVINE SAVIOUR
SCALABRINIAN MISSIONARIES
SERVITE FRIARS
SOCIETY OF CHRIST
SOCIETY OF ST PAUL