Living Cardinals (by Religous Order)

Religious Order with Living Cardinals or Bishops	Initials
Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)	S.D.B.	6	116
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)	O.F.M.	6	100
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)	S.J.	5	69
Order of Preachers (Dominicans)	O.P.	3	32
Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)	S.C.I.	2	22
Order of Capuchin Friars Minor (Capuchin Franciscans)	O.F.M. Cap.	1	90
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)	C.SS.R.	1	49
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)	O.M.I.	1	45
Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)	C.M.	1	31
Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)	C.M.F.	1	16
Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)	O.S.A.	1	16
Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)	P.S.S.	1	13
Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)	C.S.	1	6
Ukrainian Studite Monks	M.S.U.	1	3
Mariamite Maronite Order (Aleppians)	O.M.M.	1	2
Institute of Schönstatt Fathers	P.Schönstatt	1
Society of the Divine Word (Divine Word Missionaries)	S.V.D.		44
Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers)	C.S.Sp.		31
Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)	O.S.B.		27
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries)	M.S.C.		21
Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites)	O.C.D.		20
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Comboni Missionaries)	M.C.C.I.		19
Order of Augustinian Recollects (Augustinian Recollects)	O.A.R.		19
Consolata Missionaries	I.M.C.		17
Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)	O.F.M. Conv.		16
Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)	C.S.C.		13
Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites)	O. Carm.		13
Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat	O.S.B.M.		13
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)	C.I.C.M.		11
Society of Mary (Marists)	S.M.		11
Congregation of the Passion (Passionists)	C.P.		10
Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatines)	C.S.S.		10
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus Fathers)	SS.CC.		10
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	M. Afr.		9
Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family	M.S.F.		9
Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)	S.A.C.		9
Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists)	C.I.M.		8
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	C.M.I.		8
Prado Institute	Ist. del Prado		8
Society of African Missions	S.M.A.		8
Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries)	S.M.M.		8
Sons of Divine Providence	F.D.P.		7
Society of Missionaries of Saint Paul	M.S.P.		7
Society of Foreign Missions	P.M.E.		7
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	S.S.S.		7
Patriarchal Clergy Institute of Bzommar	I.C.P.B.		6
Paris Foreign Missions Society	M.E.P.		6
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)	O. de M.		6
Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)	O. Praem.		6
Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)	O.S.M.		6
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	P.I.M.E.		6
Emmanuel Community	Comm. l'Emm.		5
Basilian Alepian Order	B.A.		4
Basilian Salvatorian Order	B.S.		4
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit	M.Sp.S.		4
Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites)	O.L.M.		4
Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Timon David Fathers)	S.C.J.		4
Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions	S.P.S.		4
Society of Saint Pius X	S.S.P.X.		4
Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist	B.C.		3
Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)	C.S.B.		3
Saint Francis Xavier Spanish Institute for Foreign Missions	I.E.M.E.		3
Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ	L.C.		3
Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries	L.M.		3
Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette	M.S.		3
Missionary Society of Saint Paul of Nigeria	M.S.P.		3
Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions	M.X.Y.		3
Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)	O. Cist.		3
Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappist)	O.C.S.O.		3
Oblates of Saint Joseph (Josephines of Asti)	O.S.J.		3
Poor Servants of Divine Providence	P.S.D.P.		3
Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians)	S.D.S.		3
Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists)	A.A.		2
Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)	B.		2
Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	C.M.M.		2
Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)	C.O.		2
Missionaries of the Precious Blood	C.PP.S.		2
Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine	C.R.S.A.		2
Congregation of the Holy Family of Bergamo	C.S.F.		2
Congregation of Saint Joseph	C.S.I.		2
Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”	C.S.T.		2
Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians)	C.S.V.		2
Vincentian Congregation	C.V.		2
Congregation of the Sons of Merciful Love	F.A.M.		2
Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo	F.S.C.B.		2
Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	M.C.B.S.		2
Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill	M.H.M.		2
Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)	M.I.C.		2
Missionaries of Saint Joseph	M.J.		2
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll Fathers)	M.M.		2
Antonin Maronite Order	O.A.M.		2
Order of Imitation of Christ	O.I.C.		2
Order of the Minims	O.M.		2
Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)	O.SS.T.		2
Sodalitium of Christian Life	S.C.V.		2
Missionaries of Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament	S.D.N.		2
Society of Mary (Marianists)	S.M.		2
Third Order Regular of Saint Francis	T.O.R.		2
Congregation of the Apostles of Jesus	A.J.		1
Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (Mechitarists)	C.A.M.		1
Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception	C.F.I.C.		1
Workers of the Kingdom of Christ	C.O.R.C.		1
Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines)	C.R.		1
Congregation of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Resurrectionists)	C.R.		1
Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	C.R.L.		1
Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans)	C.R.S.		1
Canons Regular of the Congregation of Saint Victor	C.R.S.V.		1
Congregation of Christian Doctrine (Dottrinari)	D.C.		1
Missionary Brothers of the Countryside	F.M.C.		1
Sons of Mary Immaculate	F.M.I.		1
Institute of Charity (Rosminians)	I.C.		1
Secular Insitute of Pius X	I.S.P.X.		1
Missionaries of the Plain	M.D.P.		1
Guadalupe Missionaries	M.G.		1
Clerks Regular of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians)	M.I.		1
Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary	M.N.M.		1
Missionaries of Saint Francis de Sales (Fransalians)	M.S.F.S.		1
Mission Society of the Philippines	M.S.P.		1
Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle	M.S.T.		1
Order of Discalced Augustinians (Discalced Augustinians)	O.A.D.		1
Order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God	O.H.		1
Order of Canons Regular of the Holy Cross	O.R.C.		1
Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers)	O.S.C.		1
Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales	O.S.F.S.		1
Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)	O.S.P.P.E.		1
Work of the Holy Spirit	O.S.S.		1
Pious Workers Rural Catechists (Ardorini Missionaries)	P.O.C.R.		1
Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus (Rogationists)	R.C.I.		1
Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul	R.S.V.		1
Congregation of Servants of Charity	S.C.		1
Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists)	Sch. P.		1
Society of Christ for Polish Immigrants	S.Chr.		1
Missionary Servants of the Poor (Morsel of the Poor)	S.d.P.		1
Society of Divine Vocations (Vocationists)	S.D.V.		1
Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus Mary and Joseph	S.F.		1
Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier (Pilar Fathers)	S.F.X.		1
Portuguese Missionary Society	S.M.P.		1
Society of Priests of Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo	S.S.C.		1
Saint Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart (Josephites)	S.S.J.		1
Xaverian Missionary Fathers (Xaverians)	S.X.		1

Living Cardinals

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