In some religious orders of the Catholic Church, a congregation is a group of religious houses. In monastic orders, this would be

monasteries A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which m ...

; in orders of

canons regular Canons regular are priests who live in community under a rule ( and canon in greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a ...

, this would be

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. Each congregation operates as an autonomous or independent subdivision of the religious order, and is presided over by a superior with a title such as

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fe ...

general, arch-abbot, abbot president, president, abbot ordinary, provost general or

superior general A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of a religious institute in the Catholic Church and some other Christian denominations. The superior general usually holds supreme executive authority in the religious community, while t ...

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Canons Regular

The ''Annuario Pontificio'' lists the following as the congregations of the

Canons Regular of Saint Augustine Canons regular are priests who live in community under a rule ( and canon in greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a ...

, whose abbot primate lives in Rome: : Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran (abbot general in Rome) : Canons Regular of the Austrian Lateran Congregation (1907 – abbot general in Klosterneuburg, Austria) : Canons Regular of the Hospitalary Congregation of Great Saint Bernard (11th century – provost general in Martigny, Switzerland) : Canons Regular of the Swiss Congregation of Saint-Maurice of Agaune (1128 – abbot ordinary in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland) : Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (1386 – provost general in Paring, Germany) : Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor (1968 – abbot general in Champagne-sur-Rhône, France) :

Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception The Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception ( la, Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium Immaculatæ Conceptionis) are a Catholic religious order for men founded in France in 1871. They follow the Augustinian Rule and are part of the Order of Cano ...

(1866 – superior general in Rome) : Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Brothers of Common Life (14th century – superior general in Weilheim, Germany)

Benedictines

The ''Annuario Pontificio'' lists the following congregations of the

Benedictine Confederation The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Confœderatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti) is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict. Origin The Benedictine Confederation is a union of monasti ...

, whose Abbot Primate lives in Rome: :

English Benedictine Congregation The English Benedictine Congregation (EBC) unites autonomous Roman Catholic Benedictine communities of monks and nuns and is technically the oldest of the nineteen congregations that are affiliated in the Benedictine Confederation. History an ...

(1336 – Abbot President in

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, England) : Hungarian Congregation (1514 – Archabbot in Pannonhalma, Hungary) :

Swiss Congregation The Swiss Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation is a grouping of Benedictine monasteries in Switzerland or with significant historical Swiss connections. Foundation The Congregation was founded, at the urging of the Papal legate to Swi ...

(1602– Abbot President in

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, Italy) :

Austrian Congregation The Austrian Congregation is a congregation of Benedictine monasteries situated in Austria, within the Benedictine Confederation. History The Congregation was founded on 3 August 1625 by Pope Urban VIII, and consisted of eleven Benedictine monaster ...

(1625 – Abbot President in Stift Göttweig, Austria) :

Bavarian Congregation The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany. It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689). First Congregation Until the secu ...

(1684 – Abbot President in Kloster Schäftlarn, Germany) : Brazilian Congregation (1827 – Abbot President in Salvador, Brazil) : Solesmes Congregation (1837 – Abbot President in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, France) : American-Cassinese Congregation (1855 – Abbot President in Collegeville, United States) : Subiaco Cassinese Congregation (1867 – Abbot President in Rome) : Beuronese Congregation (1873 – Abbot President in Maria Laach, Germany) : Swiss-American Congregation (1881 – Abbot President in Saint Meinrad, Indiana, United States) : Ottilien Congregation (1884 – Archabbot President in St. Ottilien Archabbey, Germany) : Congregation of the Annunciation (1920 – Abbot President in

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, Germany) : Slav Congregation (1945 – Prior Administrator in Prague, Czech Republic) : Cono-Sur Congregation (1976 – Abbot President in Los Toldos, Argentina)

Previously independent monastic orders which have joined the Benedictine Confederation

: Camaldolese Congregation (980 – Prior General in

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, Italy) : Vallombrosian Congregation (1036 – Abbot General in Florence, Italy) : Sylvestrine Congregation (1231 – Abbot General in Rome) : Olivetan Congregation (1319 – Abbot General in

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, Italy)

Cistercians

The ''Annuario Pontificio'' lists the following congregations of

Cistercians The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

, whose Abbot General lives in Rome:''Annuario Pontificio 2012'', pp. 1419–1422 : Castilian Cistercian Congregation (1425 – Abbot General acts as pro-President) : Cistercian Congregation of St Bernard in Italy (1497 – abbot president in San Severino Marche, Italy) : Cistercian Congregation of the Crown of Aragon (1616 – abbot president in Poblet, Spain) : Mehrerau Cistercian Congregation (1624 – abbot president in Bregenz, Austria) : Austrian Cistercian Congregation (1859 – abbot president in Heiligenkreuz, Austria) : Cistercian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (1867 – abbot president in Ile Saint Honorat, France) : Zirc Cistercian Congregation (1923 – abbot president in

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, Hungary) : Casamari Cistercian Congregation (1929 – abbot president in Casamari, Italy) : Cistercian Congregation of Mary Queen of the World (1953 – abbot president in Kraków, Poland) : Brazilian Cistercian Congregation (1961 – abbot president in Itaporanga, Brazil) : Cistercian Congregation of the Holy Family (1964 – abbot president in Thành-Phô Ho Chí Minh, Vietnam)

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