Religious Orders and Institutes of Consecrated Life with independent houses

AcronymReligious Orders and Institutes of Consecrated Life with independent houses of Pontifical RightAscendingMembers
O.S.A.Augustinian Nuns658
O.S.B.Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament366
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Saint Batilde213
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Saint Benedict309
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Federation of Saint Gertrude373
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Federation of Saint Scholastica421
O.S.C. Cap.Capuchin Poor Clares (Capuchinesses)1,560
C.C.S.Capuchin Poor Clares of the Blessed Sacrament285
O.C.P.A.Capuchin Poor Clares Sacramentaries of Perpetual Adoration490
O. Carm.Carmelite Sisters557
O. Cist.Cistercian Nuns744
O.C.S.O.Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappist Nuns)1,289
O.S.C. Col.Colettine Poor Clares456
O.C.D.Discalced Carmelite Sisters9,005
O.P.Order of Preachers (Dominican Nuns)2,024
O.S.B.Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns)3,204
O.S.C.Order of Saint Clare (Poor Clares)5,752
O.I.C. / O.Conc.Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionists)1,350
A.P.S.S.Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentines)792
V.S.M.Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines)1,403
T.O.R.Regular Franciscan Tertiary Sisters583
R.M.I.Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters)414
O.S.C. Urb.Urbanist Poor Clares677

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