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Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
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 consecrat ...
s. Most are
Latin Catholic , native_name_lang = la , image = San Giovanni in Laterano - Rome.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = Façade of the Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran , caption = Archbasilica of Saint Joh ...
; however, Eastern Catholic 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 Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * 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 , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders = ...
, 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.


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List of defunct Catholic religious institutes This page lists religious institutes of the Catholic Church that are now defunct. This refers to institutes that have merged, been suppressed, disbanded or died out. * ''Merged'' refers to institutes who have either formed a new institute with ano ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Religious institutes, list of Religious institutes Religious institutes * *