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Cardinals by Religious Order

since 1198

Religious OrderInitialsNumber of PopesNumber of Living CardinalsTotal Number of Cardinals in HistoryDescending
Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)O.S.B.1387
Order of Preachers (Dominicans)O.P.5378
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)S.J.841
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)O.F.M.2638
Order of Cistercians (Cistercians)O. Cist.424
Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint AugustineC.R.S.A.219
Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians)C.O.14
Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)O.S.A.114
Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians)S.D.B.614
Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans)O.F.M. Conv.312
Order of Capuchin Friars Minor (Capuchin Franciscans)O.F.M. Cap.110
Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines)C.R.8
Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites)B.7
Order of Discalced Carmelites (Teresian Carmelites)O.C.D.7
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of JerusalemO.E.S.S.H.7
Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)O.F.M. Obs.7
Camaldolese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Camaldolese)O.S.B. Cam.16
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)C.SS.R.15
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)O. de M.5
Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites)O.S.M.5
Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice (Sulpicians)P.S.S.15
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates)O.M.I.14
Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians)C.M.F.13
Clerics Regular of Somasca (Somascans)C.R.S.3
Carthusian Order (Carthusians)O. Cart.3
Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)O.E.S.A.3
Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists)C.I.C.M.2
Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians, Lazarists)C.M.2
Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the LateranC.R.L.12
Benedictine Congregation of the CelestinesO.S.B. Cel.2
Oblates of Saints Ambrose and CharlesO.Ss.C.A.2
Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians)S.C.I.22
Basilian Alepian OrderB.A.1
Oratory of France (Oratorians of France)C.O.I.1
Missionaries of the Precious BloodC.PP.S.1
Canons Regular of St. Anthony of Vienne (Antonines)C.R.S.Ant.1
Canons Regular of Saint John Baptist of LyonsC.R.S.J.1
Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Scalabrinians)C.S.11
Congregation of Saint Basil (Basilians)C.S.B.1
Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers)C.S.C.1
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)M. Afr.1
Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian Fathers)M.I.C.1
Society of Missionaries of Saint PaulM.S.P.1
Ukrainian Studite MonksM.S.U.11
Order of Discalced Friars Minor (Alcantarines, Discalced Franciscans)O.F.M. Disc.1
Order of Reformed Friars MinorO.F.M. Ref.1
Order of the HumiliatiO.Hum.1
Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines, Premonstratensians)O. Praem.1
Military Order of St. James the SwordO.S.1
Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Mount Olivet (Olivetans)O.S.B. Oliv.1
Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers)O.S.P.P.E.1
Oblates of Saints Charles and Gaudentius of NovaraO.Ss.G.C.N.1
Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)O.SS.T.1
Institute of Schönstatt FathersP.Schönstatt11
Order of Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists)Sch. P.1
Society of Mary (Marists)S.M.1
Society of the Divine Word (Divine Word Missionaries)S.V.D.1

as of 2012.04.22

See Also

Living Cardinals by Religious Order

Religious Orders

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