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 Nuns642
O.S.B.Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament348
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Saint Batilde264
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Saint Benedict299
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Federation of Saint Gertrude355
O.S.B.Benedictine Sisters of the Federation of Saint Scholastica395
O.S.C. Cap.Capuchin Poor Clares (Capuchinesses)1,562
C.C.S.Capuchin Poor Clares of the Blessed Sacrament261
O.C.P.A.Capuchin Poor Clares Sacramentaries of Perpetual Adoration484
O. Carm.Carmelite Sisters588
O. Cist.Cistercian Nuns616
O.C.S.O.Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappist Nuns)1,355
O.S.C. Col.Colettine Poor Clares454
O.C.D.Discalced Carmelite Sisters8,838
O.P.Order of Preachers (Dominican Nuns)1,982
O.S.B.Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictine Nuns)3,154
O.S.C.Order of Saint Clare (Poor Clares)5,814
O.I.C. / O.Conc.Order of the Immaculate Conception (Conceptionists)1,316
A.P.S.S.Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentines)780
V.S.M.Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines)1,364
T.O.R.Regular Franciscan Tertiary Sisters575
R.M.I.Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters)414
O.S.C. Urb.Urbanist Poor Clares558

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