Index siglorum ordinum ecclesiae catholicae

A 
 AA Pia Societas Presbyterorum ab Assumptione = Congregatio Augustinianorum ab Assumptione
 AAI Ordo Apostolorum Amoris Infiniti
 AASC Sorores Adoratrices Ancillae SS. Sacramenti et a Caritate
 AC The Congregation of the Apostolic Carmel (Anglice), vide: ; congregatio ordini Carmelitarum Discalceatorum aggregata
 ACI = ACJ Ancillae Cordis Iesu 
 ADJC Ancillae Domini Jesu Christi = Pauperes Ancillae Jesu Christi
 ADC Ancillarum Charitatis
 ADC Ancillae Divini Cordis; vide etiam: EDC 
 AFSC Affiliatus Frater Scholarum Christianarum (nomen honorarium homini datum, qui se de Instituto Fratrum Scholarum Christianarum bene meritus est), vide etiam: FSC  
 AI Suore Ancelle dell'Incarnazione (Italiane)
 AIM Ancillarum Beatissimae Mariae Immaculatae
 AJ Apostles of Jesus = Apostles of Jesus Missionaries, Nairobi (Anglice, vide: )
 AM Hermanas Agustinas Misioneras (Hispanice, vide: ) est ramus ordinis Sancti Augustini (OAS), vide etiam: AMA et AMS
 AM Ancillae Mariae 
 AM Alagad ni Maria ("Apostoli Mariae", Lingua Philippinica) = Philippine Disciples of Mary (Anglice), vide: 
 AMA Ausiliarie Missionarie Agostiniane (Italiane), vide: AM
 AMS Augustinian Missionary Sisters (Anglice) = AM
 ANDP Sœurs Augustines de Notre-Dame de Paris (Francice), congregatio Augustiniana (vide: OAS), nata anno 1977 per unionem duarum congregationum: Augustines de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris et Augustines du Précieux-Sang d'Arras.
 AO Apostolic Oblates (Anglice) = Oblate Apostoliche (Italiane) - Pro Sanctitate (vide: ); fundator: :it:Guglielmo Giaquinta
 ARV Hermanas Agustinas Recoletas del Corazón de Jesús (Hispanice) - congregatio Venetiolae
 APB Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood and daughters of Mary Immaculate (Anglice) - prima communitas contemplativa in Canada condita (1861)
 APG Religiosas Adoratrices Perpetuas Guadalupanas (Hispanice), institutum religiosum femineum Mexicanum, ramus ordinis Adoratricum Perpetuarum Sanctissimi (APSS)
 APSS Adoratrices Perpetuae Sanctissimi (vulgo: Sacramentinae), ordo femineus vitae contemplativae Romae anno 1807 conditus
 AR Agostiniane Recollette (Italiane) sive Augustinian Recollect Sisters (Anglice) = Moniales Ordinis Augustinianorum Recollectorum, vide OAR
 ARV Hermanas Agustinas Recoletas del Corazón de Jesús (Hispanice), institutum sororum Augustiniorum Recollectorum in Venetiola
 AS Sacerdotal Secular Institute of Apostolic Sodales (Anglice); fundator: :it:Guglielmo Giaquinta
 ASC Adoratrices Sanguinis Christi = Sorores Adoratrices Pretiossimi Sanguinis; ramus femineus Congregationis Presbyterorum a Pretiosissimo Sanguine, vide: CMPPS
 ASCGA Ancelle del Sacro Cuore di Gesù Agonizzante (Italiane), institutum religiosum femineum educationi deditum
 ASCJ Apostolae Sacri Cordis Jesu (vide: )
 ASCV Ancillarum a Sacro Corde (Volpicelli)
 ASI Ancillae - Institum Saeculare (vide: )
 ASM Aliança de Santa Maria (Lusitanice), institutum religiosum femineum Portugallicum ad nuntium Fatimae promovendum
 ASMI Apostolic Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Anglice); congregatio ecclesiae syro-malabarensis
 ASMI Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (Greengardens) (Anglice); congregatio ecclesiae syro-malabarensis
 ASP = ASSP Sorores Angelicae Sancti Pauli; ramus femineus Barnabitarum, vide: B

 B 
 B Clerici regulares S. Pauli decollati; Barnabitae; vide etiam: CRSP, Obarn
 BA Ordo Basilianus Aleppensis Melkitarum
 BB Sorores Benebikira (Lingua Kinyarwanda; "Filiae Virginis", vide: )
 BC Ordo Basilianus S. Iohannis Baptistae Soaritarum Melkitarum
 BETHL Society of Bethlemite Sisters (Anglice) = Instituto de Hermanas Bethlemitas Hijas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Hispanice), institutum religiosum femineum ex vetere ordine Bethlehemitarum natum (vide: )
 BFCC Brothers for Christian Community (Anglice), societas fratrum non canonica, quae in pluribus dioecesibus Civitatum Foederatarum Americae diffusa est
 BGS Little Brothers of the Good Sheperd (Anglice) = Parvi Fratres Boni Pastoris 
 BHS Brother-Servants of the Holy Spirit; forsitan idem ac Brothers of the Holy Spirit (Anglice) (vide: )
 BPS Sœurs de Charité de Notre Dame du Bon et Perpétuel Secours (Francice), congregatio in Mauritia nata (vide: )
 BS Ordo Basilianus Sanctissimi Salvatoris Melkitarum (Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat Almoukhalissiat)
 BS Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany (Anglice), congregatio in India anno 1921 orta (vide: )
 BSC Brothers of Charity (Anglice) = Broeders van Liefde (Batave) = Frères de la Charité de Gand (Francice) = Fratres a Caritate, vide FC 
 BSM Brothers of St. Michael (India) (Anglice)
 BSCM Congregatio Adoratricum Sanctissimi Cordis Iesu de Monte Martyrum (Bénédictines du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre)
 BSJ Brothers of St. Joseph (Anglice) - Sunt plures ordines, qui Sancto Josepho dedicati sunt, inter alios Institutum Josephitarum Gerardimontensium (CJ), Societas Missionarium Sancti Joseph de Mill Hill (MHM), Societas Sodalium Sancti Joseph a Sacro Corde (SSJ) and Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker (vide infra)   
 BSJW Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker (Anglice, vide: )
 BSP Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St Francis (Anglice, vide: )
 BVM Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglice, vide: )

 C 
 CAB Congregatio Fratrum Cellitarum seu Alexianorum (CAB = Congregation of Alexian Brothers); cf. CFA
 CACh Congregatio Sororum Sanctissimae Animae Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (Zgromadzenie Sióstr Najświętszej Duszy Chrystusa Pana, Polonice; vide )
 CAE Grucifixae Adoratrices Ss. Sacramenti (vide )
 CAM Congregatio Mechitaristarum Venetiarum; vide etiam CMV, OMech
 CanA(ug) Canonici Augustiniani, Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini; vide etiam: CanR(eg), CRSA, CSA
 CanR(eg) Canonici Augustiani, Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini; vide etiam: CanA(ug), CRSA, CSA
 CASH Clerici Apostolici S. Hieronymi, Jesuatae; vide etiam: OESH
 CB Christian Brothers (Anglice) = Fratres Scholarum Christianarum de Hibernia (FSCH) et Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum (CFC)
 CBS (Sisters of Bon Secours de Paris)
 CBS (Congregation of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament)
 CBMV Congregatio Beatae Mariae Virginis
 CBV (Suore della Beata Vergine, Cremona = Istituto Beata Vergine = Congregazione Beata Vergine, vide ) 
 CC (Companions of the Cross)
 CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine)
 CCF Congregatio Caritatis Fratrum; nomen plurium ordinum: Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Johannis de Deo (OH), Fratres Misericordiae Mariae Auxiliatricis (FMMA), Congregatio Fratrum Misericordiae de Montabaur (FMM), Fratres De Misericordia (Machlinae; FDM) = Broeders van Scheppers (Batave)
 CCG Congregatio Fratrum Consolatorum de Gethsemani
 CCIM Congregatio Filiarum SS. Cordium Iesu et Mariae ("Institutum Ravasco")
 CCR (Congregation of Carmelite Religious); vide: Carmelitae
 CCRSA (Congregation of the Clerics Regular of Saint Augustine)
 CCV Congregatio Sororum Carmelitarum Caritatis de Vedruna (vide ; vide etiam: Carmelitae
 CCVI Congregatio Caritatis Verbi Incarnati (Houston, Texas; situs interretialis: )
 CDC Congregatio Presbyterorum Saecularium a Doctrina Christiana; Doctrinarii
 CDC Congregatio Sororum Divini Cordis Jesu
 CDCJ Carmelitae Divini Cordis Jesu (fundatrix: Maria-Teresa Tauscher; vide ); congregatio ordini Carmelitarum aggregata
 CdlC (Canonesas de la Cruz, Hispanice; vide )
 CDP Congregatio Divinae Providentiae; vide etiam CSDP
 CFA Congregatio Fratrum Cellitarum seu Alexianorum; cf. CAB
 CFC Congregatio Fratrum a Caritate
 CFC Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum = Fratres Scholarum Christianarum de Hibernia (fundator: Edmundus Ignatius Rice); vide etiam: FSCH
 CFH  Fratres Immaculatae Conceptionis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae Matris Dei, Congregatio Fratrum de Huybergen
 CFIC Congregatio Filiorum Immaculatae Conceptionis
 CFM Congregatio Filiarum Misericordiae Franciscanae (Družbu Kćeri Milosrđa TSR Sv. Franje, Croatice; vide )
 CFMI Congregatio Filiorum Mariae Immaculatae
 CFMSSS (Suore Clarisse Francescane Missionarie del Santissimo Sacramento, dette di Bertinoro, vide: )
 CFP Congregatio Fratrum Pauperum Sancti Francisci Seraphici
 CFP (Confraternity of Penitents)
 CFR (Community of the franciscan Friars of the Renewal; vide )
 CFS Congregatio a Fraternitate Sacerdotali, Congregatio Fraternitatis Sacerdotalis
 CFSF Congregatio Filiarum Sancti Francisci Assisiensis (vide )
 CFSG Congregatio Filiarum Sancti Iosephi (vide CSI)
 CFV Congregatio Fratrum a S. Vincentio a Paulo
 CFX Congregatio Fratrum a S. Francisco Xaverio
 CGS Congregatio Iesu Sacerdotis
 CHF (Sisters of the Holy Faith; congregatio Hibernica, vide: )
 CHF (Congregation of the Holy Family; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi, vide: )
 CHM (Congregation of the Humility of Mary)
 ChordFr Chordigeri S. Francisci Assisiensis
 CHS (Crusade of the Holy Spirit)
 CI Institum Iosephitarum Gerardimontensium, Iosephitae Belgiae
 CIC (Congregation of the Immaculate Congregation, India)
 CICAF (Irmãs Catequistas Franciscanas; congregatio Brasiliana ordini Fratrum Minorum aggregata)
 CICM Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (vide: )
 CIIC (Congregação das Irmãzinhas da Imaculada Conceição, Santa Paulina; vide: )
 CIJ Carmelitarum Infantis Iesu
 CIM Congregatio Iesu et Mariae, Congregatio Eudistarum; vide etiam: CJM
 CJ Congregatio Jesu (ramus Romanus pristini Instituti Beati Mariae Virginis); vide etiam: IBMV
 CJ Institutum Josephitarum Gerardimontensium, etiam: Congregatio Josephitarium
 CJC (Sisters of Jesus Crucified)
 CJC (Canons of Jesus the Lord, Vladivostok, Russia)
 CJM Congregatio Iesu et Mariae; Congregatio Eudistarum; vide etiam: CIM
 CLM (Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries = Congrégation des Missionnaires Libanais Maronites = Kreimist; vide ); vide etiam: CML
 CLMC (Comunità Laici Missionari Cattolici)
 CLP (Congregation of Our Lady of Pity)
 CM (Carmelite Missionaries, Anglice = Carmelitas Misioneras, Hispanice; congregatio annis 1860/1861 a Beato Francisco Palau y Quer in Hispania fundata; vide: ); vide etiam Carmelitae
 CM = CMiss Congregatio Missionis; Lazaristae; Vincentiani
 CMAC Congregatio Missionarium Apostolatus Catholici; vide etiam CSAC; PSM, SAC
 CMBB Congregatio Sororum Beatissimae Mariae Virginis Addoloratae (vide: )
 CMC (Congregation of The Mother Of Carmel; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi, vide )
 CMC (Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix, Vietnam)
 CMC (Hermanas de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación; vide ); etiam NSC
 CMDA (Congregation of Mother of Divine Love)
 CMDP (Hermanas Capuchinas de la Madre del Divino Pastor; congregatio anno 1850 Barcinone fundata; vide )
 CMF Cordis Mariae Filii, Congregatio Missionariorum Filiorum Immaculati Cordis Beatae Mariae Virginis; Claretini
 CMFC (Misioneras Hijas del Calvario; vide )
 CMI Congregatio Fratrum Carmelitarum Beatae Mariae Virginis Immaculatae (congregatio origine syro-malabarensi); vide: Carmelitae
 CML (Congregation of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries = Congrégation des Missionnaires Libanais Maronites = Kreimist; vide ); vide etiam: CLM
 CMM Congregatio Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis Matris Misericordiae (Tilburg)
 CMM Congregatio Missionariorum de Marianhill
 CMMC (Congregation of Mary Mother of the Church)
 CMPPS Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi; vide etiam: CPPS et MPSS
 CMRI Congregatio Mariae Reginae Immaculatae
 CMS (Comboni Missionary Sisters)
 CMSF Congregatio Missionaria S. Francisci Assisiensis (Mount Poinsur, India; vide )
 CMSSpS Congregatio Missionalis Servarum Spiritus Sancti (vide ; ramus femineus Societatis Verbi Divini (SVD)
 CMST (Carmelitas Misioneras de Santa Teresa; congregatio derivata ab instituto "Misioneras Hijas del Calvario", ordini Carmelitarum Discalceatorum aggregata)
 CMT (Hermanas Carmelitas Misioneras Teresianas; vide )
 CMV Congregatio Mechitarista Vindobonensis; vide etiam: CAM, OMech
 CN (Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth)
 CND Congregatio a Domina Nostra Marianopolitana
 CNS (Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth, India; vide )
 CO Congregatio Orationis; Confoederatio Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii; Institutum Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii; Oratorium; vide etiam: C.OR et OSFN
 CONFHIC (Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição = Congregation of the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; vide )
 Cong. Subl. OSB. Congregatio Sublacensis OSB, vide Confoederatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti et Ordo Sancti Benedicti, sigla OSB
 COp Congregatio pro Operariis christianis a S. Josepho Calasanctio; vide etiam: CPO
 C.OR Congregatio Orationis; Confoederatio Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii; Institutum Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii; Oratorium; vide etiam: CO
 COSJ Congregatio Oblatorum Sancti Joseph (Astae Pompejae)
 CP Congregatio Clericorum Excalceatorum Sanctissimae Crucis et Passionis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, Congregatio Passionis Iesu Christi, Passionistae; est etiam ramus femineus eiusdem ordinis (monache iuris dioecesani)
 CP Congregatio Sororum SS. Crucis et Passionis D.N.I.C. (vide )
 CP Congregatio Sororum Sancti Pauli a Cruce (vide )
 CPCR Congregatio Cooperatorum Paroesialium Christi Regis (vide )
 CPM Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia (vide )
 CPO Congregatio Piorum Operariorum; Calasanctini; vide etiam: COp
 CPPS Congregatio Presbyterorum a Pretiosissimo Sanguine; vide etiam: CMPPS et MPSS
 CPS Congregatio Pretiosi Sanguinis (vide )
 CPS Congregatio Presbyterorum a Ss. Stigmatibus D.N.I.C.; vide etiam: CSS
 CPS (Congregation of Preshitharam Sisters, congregatio ecclesiae syro-malabarensis; vide )
 CPSB Congregatio Presbyterorum Sancti Basilii de Toronto
 CR (Congregation of the Rosarians); vide etiam: CSR
 CR Congregatio a Resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi; Resurrectionistae; est etiam ramus femineus huius ordinis
 CR Ordo Clericorum Regularium vulgo Theatinorum; vide etiam: CRth, Otheat, OCRth
 CR (Sisters of the Christian Retreat, Chuscian; vide )
 CRA Congregatio Helvetica o Sancto Mauritio Agaunensis
 CRB Canonici Regulares Congregationis Sancti Bernardi; Congregatio Ss. Nicolai et Bernardi Montis Iovis
 CRIC Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium Immaculatae Conceptionis
 CRIM Clerici regulares minores; vide etiam: CRM
 CRL Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium Ss.Salvatoris Lateranensis
 CRM / CRMM: Clerici regulares minores; Ordo Clericorum Regularium Minorum (Adorno-Fathers; Caraccioliner); vide etiam: CRIM
 CRMR Congregatio Canonicorum Regularium Mariæ Matris Redemptoris
 CRNJ (Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem; vide )
 CRP Canonici Regulares Praemontstratenses = Candidus et Canonicus Ordo Praemonstratensis, vide: OPraem
 CRS Clerici Regulares Sancti Maioli Papiae (Pavia), Congregationis Somaschae, Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha 
 CRSA Sacer et Apostolicus Ordo Canonicorum Regularium S. Augustini; Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini; vide etiam: CanA(ug), CanR(eg), CSA
 CRSA Canonicae Regulares Sancti Augustini (multitudo ordinum aut monasteriorum feminarum, quae regulam Sancti Augustini sequuntur); vide etiam: CSA
 CRSAnt Canonici Regulares Sancti Antonii
 CRSD (Congrégation Romaine de Saint Dominique; vide ); institutum quinque parvis congregationibus sororum Domenicarum coniugendis annis 1956/1957 natum (di Hardinghen, Sèvres, Chalon-sur-Saône, Nancy, Bar-le-Duc), ordini Fratrum Praedicatorum aggregatum 
 CRSF (Sisters of St. Francis)
 CRSP Congregatio Clericorum Regularum Sancti Pauli Decollati, Barnabitae; vide etiam: Obarn
 CRSS (Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchure; vide )
 CRSV Congregatio Victorina (vide )
 CRth Ordo Clericorum Regularium vulgo Theatinorum; vide etiam: CR, Otheat, OCRth
 CRV Canonici Regulares Voraviensis
 CRV Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini Vindesemenses; Congregatio Windeshemensis
 CRVC Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini Fratrum a Vita Communi
 CS Congregatio Missionariorum a Sancto Carolo; Congregatio Scalabriniana; vide Scalabriniani
 CS Caritas Socialis (vide 
 CS (Capitanio Sisters)
 CSA Canonici Augustiniani, Canonici Regulares Sancti Augustini; vide etiam: CanA(ug), CanR(eg), CRSA
 CSA Canonicae Sancti Augustini; vide: CRSA
 CSA Congregatio Fratrum a Sancto Aloysio Gonzaga
 CSA (Catechist Sisters of St. Ann, India)
 CSA (Congregation of the Companions of St. Angela)
 CSA (Irmãs dos Santos Anjos)
 CSA (Congregation of Our Lady)
 CSA (Sisters of Saint Agnes; vide )
 CSAC Congregatio Sororum Apostolatus Catholici (Pallotiner); vide etiam: SAC, CMAC
 CSASC (Suore dell'Addolorata e della Santa Croce)
 CSB Congregatio Sancti Basilii; Congregatio a Sancto Basilio
 CSB (Congregation of St. Bridget); distingue: Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris sive Ordo Sanctissimae Salvatoris Brigittae (OSSalv vel OSBirg), et: Societas Sanctae Birgittae (SSB)
 CSBS (Clarissan Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament, India)
 CSC Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (congregatio virorum); sunt etiam duo congregationis rami feminarum iisdem siglis utentes: Sisters of the Holy Cross (ramus in Indiana ortus), et: Sœurs de Sainte-Croix et des Sept-Douleurs (Quebeci); uterque ramus ex congregatione Marianitarum a Sancta Cruce (MSC) natus est; distingue: Societas Sanctae Crucis (SSC), quae est communitas sacerdotum Communionis Anglicanae
 CSC (Congregation of The Sisters Of Charity; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 CSC (Carmelitas del Sagrado Corazón)
 CSC vel CSCA Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Catharinae Virginis et Martyris
 CSCh = C.S.Ch. Congregatio Scholarum Caritatis (Institutum Cavanis)
 CSDG (Hermanas de Santo Domingo)
 CSDP Congregatio Sororum Divini Pastoris a Providentia Divina; vide etiam: CDP
 CSE Sorores Hospitalariae Sanctae Elisabethae T. O. S. Francisci (congregatio); Ordo Sanctae Elisabethae (OSE); vide etiam: SSE
 CSF Congregatio a Sacra Familia (Bergomi)
 CSF (Congregazione delle Suore Collegine della Sacra Famiglia, vide )
 CSF Congregatio Sororum Franciscalium de Poenitentia et Caritate Christiana
 CSFB Congregatio Sororum Familae Betanensis
 CSFN Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Familiae de Nazareth; vide etiam: FN
 CSHE Congregatio Sancti Hieronymi Aemiliani
 CSI  Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu
 CSI = CSJ Congregatio Sancti Josephi (est nomen variarum congregationum sive fratrum sive sororum, inter alia: Congregatio Sancti Josephi (Murialdo); Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet; St. Joseph-Kongregation Ursberg; Johannes Schwestern von Maria Königin; Congregation of St. Joseph of Chambery)
 CSilvOSB Congregatio Silvestrina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti
 CSIBP Congregatio Sancti Iohannis Baptistae Praecursoris
 CSIC Congregatio Sororum Immaculatae Conceptionis Beatae Virginis Mariae
 CSJB (Sisters of St John the Baptist)
 CSJP (Suore di San Giuseppe della Pace)
 CSM (Suore Compassioniste Serve di Maria; situs interretialis: )
 CSM Congregatio Filiarum Purissimi Cordis BMV (Zgromadzenie Córek Najczystszego Serca NMP, Polonice)
 CSM (Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki; situs interretialis: )
 CSM (Congregation Sisters of St. Martha, India)
 CSM (Sisters of St. Martha of Prince Edward Island)
 CSM (Sister of St. Martha of Antigonish, Nova Scotia)
 CSMA Congregatio Sancti Michaelis Archangeli
 CSN (Congregation of The Sisters of Nazareth; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 CSP Congregatio Sancti Pauli; Societas Sacerdotum Missionariorum a S. Paulo Apostolo (Paulistae)
 CSP.TOR (Sisters of St. Paul TOR)
 CSR Congregatio Sanctissimi Rosarii
 CSR Congregatio Sororum an Sancto Redemptore
 CSP (Sisters of the Cross and Passion)
 CSS Congregatio Presbyterorum a Sanctissimis Stigmatibus D.N.I.C.; vide etiam: CPS
 CSS Congregatio Sororum Canonissarum Spiritus Sancti de Saxia (Zgromadzenie Sióstr Kanoniczek Ducha Świętego de Saxia, Polonice)
 CSS (Congregation of Samaritan Sisters, India)
 CSSA (Sisters of St. Anne, Guntur, India)
 CSSE Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Eucharistiae (Austria)
 CSSE Congregatio Sororum Ravarum a Sancta Elisabetha (Zgromadzenie Sióstr Św. Elżbiety)
 CSSF Congregatio Sororum S. Felicis Cantalicio III Ordinis S. P. Francisi; Felicianae
 CSSGB (Suore di San Giovanni Battista)
 CSSM Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Marthae (fundator: Thomas Reggio)
 CSSp = C.S.Sp = CSSP Congregatio Sancti Spiritus sub tutela Immaculati Cordis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae (exstat ramus virorum ac feminarum)
 CSSP (Sisters of Charity of St. Paul, Selly Park)
 CSSR = CSsR Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris
 CSST et CST Ordo Sororum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo (CSST = Carmelite Sisters Of St. Teresa); vide: OCD 
 CSST Congregatio Sororum Sanctae Trinitatis (Valentiae)
 CST Congregatio Sanctae Theresiae a Iesu Infante ritus Syro-Malabarensis (Little Flower Congregation)
 CSTF Sororum Tertii Ordinis Sanctae Teresiae a Iesu
 CSV Sodalitas Clericorum Parochialium; Congregatio Clericorum Parochialium; Congregatio Catechistarum S. Viatoris
 CTC Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum (CTC = Congregation of Teresian Carmelites), vide: OCD 
 CV Congregatio Vincentiana (Malabar)
 CVI (Religiosas del Verbo Encarnado = Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament; domus primaria: Mexico); congregatio, quae ex ordine Verbi incarnati et Sanctissimi Sacramenti (monialium) in Francia saeculo septimo decimo condito orta est; praeterea sunt rami sui iuris eiusdem originis in Corpus Christi (56 sorores); Victoria (85 sorores in 14 domibus); Houston (46 sorores in 9 domibus); Cleveland et Guadalajara (64 sorores in 10 domibus). Etiam  Congregatio Caritatis Verbi Incarnati ex eadem stirpe nata est, vide: CCVI
 CVUOSB Congregatio Vallis Umbrosae Ordinis Sancti Benedicti; vide etiam: OSBVall

 D 
 DBLA (Don Bosco Lay Association)
 DBS Deena Bandhu Samaj (congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 DC Congregatio Patrum doctrinae christianae
 DC (Daughters of Charity)
 DC (Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul)
 DC (EF) (Daughters of the Church, India)
 DCJ Carmelitae a Divino Corde Jesu; vide: Carmelitae
 DCJM (Discipulos de los Corazones de Jesus y Maria)
 DCPB (Daughters of Charity of the Most Precious Blood, India)
 DDL (Daughters of Divine Love)
 DDP (Daughters Of Divine Providence, India)
 DDS (Disciples of the Divine Saviour, India)
 DHM (Daughters of the Heart of Mary)
 DHS (Daughters of the Holy Spirit)
 DIHM (Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)
 DJ (Daughters of Jesus)
 DM sive DMI (Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception; ordo religiosus ecclesiae Syro-Malancarae)
 DMJ (Daughters of Mary and Joseph; ante: Ladies of Mary)
 DML (Daughters of St. Mary of Leuca, India); vide etiam: FSML 
 DMMM (Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy)
 DMSE (Dominican Missionary Sisters of St. Elizabeth)
 DN (Daughters of Nazareth)
 DP (Society of Devapriya Sisters, India)
 DP (Daughters of Providence, St. Brieuc)
 DPM (Daughters of Presentation of Mary in the Temple, India)
 DSA (Daughters of St. Ann, India)
 DSC (Daughters of Saint Camillus)
 DSFA (Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi)
 DSFS (Daughters of Saint Francis de Sales)
 DSH (Daughters of the Sacred Heart)
 DSHJ (Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
 DSHS (Sisters of St. Dorothy; Daughters of the Sacred Heart)
 DSJ (Daughters of Saint Joseph)
 DSMP (Daughters of St. Mary of Providence; Guanellian Sisters)
 DSS Dina Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor)
 DST (Daughters of Saint Thomas; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 DW (Daughters of Wisdom)

 E 
 EAM Ancillarum Amoris Misericordis
 ECMC Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae; vide etiam: Er.Cam et OSBCam
 EDC Esclavas del Divino Corazón (Hispanice) = Ancillae Divini Cordis (ADC)
 EF Ecclesiae Filiae (vide Figlie della Chiesa)
 EHJ (Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus)
 EMI Congregationis Sororum Ancillarum Mariae Immaculatae
 EP Evangelii Praecones, institutum ex duabus societatibus constans: Societas Clericalis Vitae Apostolicae Iuris Pontificii Virgo Flos Carmeli et Societas Vitae Apostolicae Iuris Pontificii Regina Virginum
 Er.Cam Congregatio Eremitarum Camaldulensium Montis Coronae; vide etiam: ECMC et OSBCam
 EuD Congregatio Iesu et Mariae (vulgo Congregatio Eudistarum); vide: CIM

 F 
 FAM Congregatio Filiorum Amoris misericordis
 FBE (Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist)
 FBF (:it:Fatebenefratelli), Ordo Hospitalarius S. Ioannis de Deo; vide: OH
 FBMV Filiæ Beatæ Mariae Virginis
 FBMVA (Franziskanerinnen von der allerseligsten Jungfrau Maria von den Engeln)
 FBS (Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours, India)
 FC Fratres a Caritate; vide etiam: BSC (Brothers of Charity)
 FC (Daughters of the Cross of Liege)
 FCC Congregatio Filiorum a caritate vulgo Canossiani; vide etiam: FdCC
 FCC (Franciscan Clarist Congregation; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 FCJ (Faithful Companion of Jesus, Sisters)
 FCJM Franciscanae Cordis Jesu et Mariae
 FCPPS filiarum a caritate pretiosissimi sanguinis
 FCr Filiae Sanctae Crucis
 FCS (Company of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament)
 FCSCJ (Filles de la Charité du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus)
 FdC Societas Filiarum Caritatis a S. Vincentio de Paulo; Puellae caritatis
 FDC Fratres Doctrinae Christianae
 FdCC Congregati Filiorum a Caritate vulgo Canossiani; vide etiam: FCC
 FdCC Institutum Filiarum a Caritate vulgo Canossianae; vide etiam: FCC
 FDLC (Daughters of the Cross)
 FDLP (Les Filles de la Providence)
 FDLS (Filles de la Sagesse, Daughters of Wisdom)
 FDM Institutum Fratrum BMV a Misericorida
 FDM Filiarum Dominae Nostrae a Misericordia (Rossello)
 FDNSC (Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
 FdO Filiarum ab Oratorio
 FDP Fratrum Opus Divinae Providentiae; Parvum Opus Divinae Providentiae
 FDP (Figlie della Divina Provvidenza, fundatrix: Ven. Mater Elena Bettini)
 FDSHJ (Fervent Daughters of the S Heart of Jesus; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 FDZ Filiarum a Divino Zelo
 FEHJ (Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus)
 FFSC Fratres Franciscani a Sancta Cruce = Institutum Fratrum Franciscalium an Sancta Cruce loci Waldbreitbach
 FHGS (Franciscan Handmaids of the Good Shepherd, India)
 FHIC (Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, India)
 FI Congregatio Fratrum Franciscanorum Immaculatae
 FIC Congregatio Fratrum Immaculatae Conceptionis BMV (Traiecti Mosae
 FICP Institutum Fratrum Instructionis Christianae de Ploërmel
 FIH (Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, India)
 FIHM (Franciscan Sisters Of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pondichery, India)
 FJ Institutum Fratrum Filiorum S. Ioseph, vulgo Bayozefiti
 FJ (Community of St. John: Apostolic/Contemplative Brothers, Contemplative Sisters, Apostolic Sisters)
 FMA Filiae Mariae Auxiliatricis
 FMC (Franciscan Missionaries of Saint Clare, India)
 FMCK (Franciscan Missionary of Christ the King, India)
 FMDC sororum Franciscalium Missionariarum Christi
 FMDM (Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood)
 FMI Congregatio Filiorum Beatae Mariae Virginis Immaculatae (Pavoniani; Chavagne Fathers) 
 FMI Filiarum Mariae Immaculatae (Marianistarum)
 FMM Fratres Misericordiae de Montabaur; Fratres de Misericordia
 FMM Congregatio Franciscalium Missionariarum Mariae
 FMMA Fratres Misericordiae Mariae Auxiliatricis
 FMS Institutum Fratrum Maristarum a Scholis; vide etiam: PFM
 FMSA (Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa)
 FMSH (Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, India)
 FMSI (Sons of Mary, Health of the Sick)
 FMSJ (Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph)
 FMSL (Franciscan Missionaries Sisters of Littlehampton)
 FMVD (Fraternidad Misionera Verbum Dei)
 FN Congregatio Sacrae Familiae a Nazareth; vide etiam: CSFN
 FNDL Fratres Nostrae Dominae Lurdensis
 FNS (Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family; Nardini)
 FPM Fratres Piae Congregationis a Praesentatione
 FPO (Franciscans of Primitive Observance)
 FS (Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima)
 FSAG (Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga)
 FSAS (Franciscan Sisters of All Saints)
 FSC Institutum Fratrum Scholarum Christianarum (conditor: Iohannes Baptista de La Salle); vide etiam: AFSC
 FSC (Franciscan Sisters of St. Clare, India)
 FSC (Franciscan Sisters, Servants of the Cross, India)
 FSCB Sacerdotalis Fraternitas Missionariorum a Sancto Carlo Borromeo
 FSCG (Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Italy)
 FSCH Fratres Scholarum Christianarum de Hibernia = Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; vide CFC
 FSCI = FSCJ Congregatio Filiorum S. Cordis Jesu (vulgo: Missioni Africane di Verona)
 FSE (Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist)
 FSE (Franciscan Sisters of St. Elizabeth, India)
 FSF (Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi)
 FSF Institutum Fratrum a Sancta Familia de Bellicio (Belley)
 FSFS (Daughters of St. Francis of Sales)
 FSGC Congregatio Fratrum a Sancto Josepho Benedicto Cottolengo
 FSGM Franciscanae Sancti Georgii Martyris, cf. http://www.franziskanerinnen-thuine.de
 FSHA (Franciscan Sisters of Holy Annunciation)
 FSI (Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate, India)
 FSJ (Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph, India); vide etiam: FSSJ
 FSJ (Franziskanerinnen vom heiligen Josef)
 FSLG (Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Grace, India)
 FSM (Franciscan Sisters of Mary)
 FSM (Franciscan Minoresses)
 FSMA (Franciscan Sisters of Mary of Angels)
 FSMI Congregatio Filiorum Sanctae Mariae Immaculatae
 FSML (Figlie di Santa Maria di Leuca); vide etiam: DML
 FSO Familia Spiritualis „Opus“
 FSP Congregatio Fratrum a Sancto Patricio
 FSP Filii Sancti Pauli
 FSPA (Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
 FSPM (Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, India)
 FSR (Brothers of the Holy Rosary, Reno)
 FSSE (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth; India); vide etiam: FSE
 FSSH (Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart)
 FSSJ (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph); vide etiam: FSJ
 FSSP Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri
 FSSPX Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X 
 FSSR Filii Sanctissimi Redemptoris
 FST (Franciscan Sisters of Saint Thomas, India)
 FSVF Fraternitas Sancti Vincentii Ferreri

 G 
 GHM Societas Missionariorum Domesticorum Americae
 GNSH (Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart)
 GST (Thomasianerorden, Gesellschaft der Thomasianer)

 H 
 HAC Congregatio Parvarum Sororum Senium Derelictorum
 HC (Sisters of the Holy Cross)
 HC (Handmaids of Christ, India)
 HCCS Sorores Caritatis Cardinalis Sancha
 HCM (Sisters of the Holy Cross - Menzingen, India)
 HCP (Handmaids of Christ the Priest)
 HCSA Sororum a Caritate Sanctae Annae
 HFS (Holy Family Sisters of Spoleto, India)
 HGN Societas Praeconum Bonae Notititae (HGN = Heralds of Good News, Anglice)
 HHCJ (Handmaids of the holy child Jesus)
 HHN (Heralds of Good News, India)
 HHS (Helpers of the Holy Souls)
 HM (Handmaids of Mary; India)
 HMR (Helpers of Mount Rosary, India)
 HO (Hospitalorden der Barmherzigen Brüder)
 HPB (Handmaids of the Precious Blood)
 HS (Hospitalar Sisters of Mercy)
 HSC (Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
 HSCP (The Sisters of the Sacred Heart and of the Poor = Hermanas de la Sagrada Corazon y los Pobres)
 HSHJ (Handmaids)
 HSF (Halleiner Schulschwestern)
 HSM (Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy, India)

 I 
 IBMV Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis; vide etiam: CJ (Congregatio Jesu, quae est ramus Romanus ordinis)
 IC Institutum Caritas (Rosminiani)
 ICM (Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)
 ICN Institutum Novum Iter (ICN = Institut Chemin Neuf, Francice)
 ICPB Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar (institutum vitae consacratae et ordo ecclesiae Catholicae Armenae nomine Francico notum)
 ICR vel ICRSS Institutum Christi Regis Summi Sacerdotis
 IEME Institutum Hispanicum Sancti Francisci Xaverii pro Missionibus Exteris
 IHM (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)
 IM (Istituto Internazíonale Suore dí Santa Marcellina)
 IMC Institutum missionum a Consolata
 IMEY Institutum Yarumalense pro Missionibus ad Exteras Gentes; vide etiam: MXY 
 IMIMG (Institute of Our Lady)
 IMS Societas Missionariorum Indiae Orientalis
 ISA (Immaculataschwestern vom Seraphischen Apostolat)
 ISC Institutum Sororum a S. Corde
 ISPN Institutum Sancti Philippi Neri
 ISSM Institutum Schoenstattense Sororum Marialium
 Ist. del Prado Istituto del Prado (institutum saeculare nomine Hispanico notum)
 IVE (Institute of the Incarnate Word = Instituto del Verbo Encarnado))
 IWBS (Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi)

 J 
 JMJ (Secular Order of Jesus, Mary and Joseph)
 JO Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani vel Fratres Hospitalarii vel (hodie) Ordo Melitensis; vide etiam: Omel et OSJH
 JS (Josephine Sisters; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 JSSR (The Redemptorists Sisters of Saint Joseph, Josephite Sisters)

 L 
 LAR (Little Apostles of Redemption; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 LBG (Little Brothers of Gospel)
 LBJ (Little Brothers of Jesus, India)
 LBN (Little Brothers of Nazareth)
 LBSF (Little Brothers of St. Francis)
 LC Congregatio Legionariorum Christi
 LCM (Sisters of the Little Company of Mary)
 LDFX (Little Daughters of Saint Francis Xavier, India)
 LDSJ (Little daughters of St Joseph)
 LSA (Little Sisters of the Assumption)
 LSC (Little Sisters of Christ, India)
 LSDP (Little Sisters of Divine Providence; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 LSJ (Little Sisters of Jesus)
 LDSJG (Little Daughters of Saint John Gaulbert)
 LSC (Little Sisters of Christ)
 LSDP (Little Sisters of Divine Providence)
 LSMI (Little Servants of Mary Immaculate)
 LSMS (Little Sisters of Mother of Sorrows)
 LSP (Little Sisters of the Poor)
 LST (Little Sisters of St Therese of Lisieux; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 LWSH (Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts, India)

 M 
 MAfr Missionarii Africae; Patres Albi; vide etiam: PA
 MAFS (Missions- und Anbetungsschwestern von der Heiligen Familie)
 MC (Missionarinnen Christi, Missionaries of Charity, Missionaries of Charity Brothers)
 MC = IMC Institutum Missionum a Consolata
 MCBS Congregatio Missionalis a Sanctissimo Sacramento (congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 MCCJ sive MCCI Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Jesu sive Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Iesu vel simpliciter Comboniani
 MCDP (Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence)
 MCJ (Missionaries of Christ Jesus, India)
 MCM (Cordi Marian Sisters)
 MCST (Missionary Catechists of St. Therese of the Child Jesus)
 MD Ordo Patrum Excalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virgines de Mercede
 MDR Congregatio Missionariorum  a Divina Redemptione
 MDS (Union of St. Catherine of Siena, India)
 ME (Institute of Foreign Missions, India)
 MEP Societas Parisiensis missionum ad exteras gentes
 MFC (Society of the Oblates of Mary at the Foot of the Cross)
 MFIC (Missionary Franciscan of the Immaculate Conception)
 MFSC (Missionary Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
 MFVA (Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word)
 MG Institutum a Sancta Maria de Guadalupe pro exteris missionibus
 MGS (Missionaries of God's Love)
 MHM Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill
 MHSH (Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart)
 MI Ordo Clericorum Regularium Ministrantium Infirmis; Camilliani; etiam: Min.Inf., OSR
 MI Militia Immaculata (condita a Maximiliano Kolbe)
 MIC Congregatio Clericorum Regularium Marianorum sub titulo Immaculatae Conceptione BMV (Mariani)
 MIC (Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception)
 MID (Association of Christ Redeemer Idente Missionaries of Christ Crucified)
 MIHM (Missionaries Immaculate Heart of Mary)
 Min.Inf. vide: MI, OSR
 MJ Societas Missionarium a S. Joseph; vide etiam: SSI
 MLF (Missionaries of Little Flower)
 MM Societas de Maryknoll pro missionibus exteris
 MMB (Malabar Missionary Brothers; congregatio non clericalis origine syro-malabarensi)
 MMI (Missionaries of Mary Immaculate)
 MMM (	Missionaries of Mary Mediatrix, India)
 MMS (Medical Mission Sisters)
 MNM Congregatio Missionariorum Nativitatis Mariae
 MO Institutum Missionariorum Opificum
 MOP (Missionaries of the Poor)
 MPF (Maestre Pie Filippini) 
 MPSS Congregatio Presbyterorum a Pretiotissimo Sanguine; vide etiam: CPPS et CMPPS
 MPV (Maestre Pie Venerini)
 MR Institutum a Maria Reparatrice
 MS Missionarii Beatae Mariae Virginis a La Salette; Missionarii Dominae Nostrae a La Salette
 MSA Societas clericalis Sanctorum Apostolorum pro missionibus
 MSA (Missionary Sisters of Ajmeer, India)
 MSA (Missionary Sisters of the Assumption)
 MSA (Missionaries of the Holy Apostles)
 MSBT (Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity)
 MSC Missionarii Sacri Cordis et Sanctae Mariae de Guadalupe
 MSC Marianitae a Sancta Cruce (ramus feminarum Congregationis a Sancta Cruce, vide: CSC)
 MSC Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu (vide )
 MSC (Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Cabrini)
 MSCJ (Missionary Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, India)
 MSCS Sorores Missionariae S.Caroli Borromaei, Scalabrinianae; cf. Scalabriniani
 MSSCC = M.SS.CC. Congregatio Missionariorum a Sacratissimis Cordibus Jesu et Mariae (Maioricae)
 MSF Congregatio Missionariorum a Sancta Familia
 MSFS Missionarii Sancti Francisci Salesii de Annecio
 MSHR (Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary)
 MSI = MSJ Missionarii Sancti Ioannis
 MSI (Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate, Nirmala Sisters, India)
 MSJ (Medical Sisters of St Joseph; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 MSMHC (Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians, India)
 MSMI (Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 MSOLA (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa)
 MSP Congregatio Missionariorum Verbi Dei Servorum
 MSP (Missionaries of St. Pius X; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 MSpS = M.Sp.S Missionarii a Spiritu Sancto
 MSR Congregatio Sororum Missionariarum Sanctae Familiae
 MSS (Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament)
 MSS (Missionary Sisters of Service)
 MSSC = MSSCC (Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary)
 MSSH (Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart)
 MSSP Missionalis Societas Sancti Pauli; etiam: PSP
 MSsR (Missionsschwestern vom Heiligen Erlöser = Redemptoristinnen)
 MSST (Missionary Sisters of St. Therese of Infant Jesus, India)
 MSSsT = M.S.SS.T. Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Sanctissimae Trinitatis; vide etiam: ST
 MST (Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle; societas origine syro-malabarensi)
 MSU Monachi Studiti Ucraini
 MT (Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity)
 MXY Institutum Yarumalense pro Missionibus ad Exteras Gentes; vide etiam: IMEY

 N 
 NDA (Sœurs missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apôtres)
 NDC (Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross)
 NDS Congregatio Nostrae Dominae de Sion
 NS (Nazareth Sisters; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 NSC (Hermanas de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación; vide ); etiam: CMC

 O 
 OAD Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum
 OAM Ordo Antonianorum Maronitarum
 OAOC Ordo Antonianus S. Hormisdae Chaldaeorum
 OAR Ordo Augustinianorum Recollectorum
 OannM Ordo Annuntiatione Beatae Mariae Virginis
 Oant (Antoniter)
 Obarn Ordo Barnabitarum, vide etiam: B, CRSP
 OBas Ordo Basilianus, Ordo S. Basilii (Magni); Ordo Basilianus S. Iosaphat; vide etiam: OSBM
 ObasIt Ordo Basilianus Italiae, seu Cryptoferratensis; vide etiam: OSBI
 ObasSJos (Basilianer vom heiligen Josaphat)
 OblOSB Oblati Ordinis S. Benedicti
 OC Ordo Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo; vide etiam: OCarm, OCD
 OCarm Ordo Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo; vide etiam: OC, OCD
 Ocart = Ocarth Ordo Cartusiensis; Ordo Carthusiensis
 OCC Ordo Carmelitarum Calceatorum; vide: Carmelitae
 OCD Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum (Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum; Ordo Sororum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo); vide etiam: O.Carm.
 OCDS Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Saeculorum; vide: Carmelitae
 OCist Sacer Ordo Cisterciensis; vide etiam: SOCist
 OCJ (Oblates du Coeur de Jésus)
 OConc Ordo de Conceptione Immaculata B.M.V.
 OCPA Ordo Monialium Clarissarum ab Adoratione Perpetua
 OCR Ordo Cisterciensium Reformatorum; Trappistae; vide etiam: OCSO
 OCRth Ordo Clericorum Regularium vulgo Theatinorum; vide etiam: CRth, Otheat
 OCSO Ordo Cisterciensium Reformatorum sive Strictioris Observantiae; Trappistae; vide etiam: OCR
 OdasM Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum; Ordo de Mercede; Mercedarii; etiam: Merc.; OdeM
 OdeM = OdeMerc = Omerc Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum; etiam: OdasM
 OEDSA Ordo Fratrum Eremitarum Discalceatorum S. Augustini; vide etiam: OFEDSA
 OESA Ordo Fratrum Eremitarum Sancti Augustini, Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini; ab anno 1963: Ordo Sancti Augustini (OSA)
 OESH Clerici Apostolici Hieronymi
 OESSH Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani
 OFB Ordo Fratrum Bethlemitarum
 OFEDSA, Ordo Fratrum Eremitarum Discalceatorum S. Augustini; vide etiam: OSAD, OEDSA
 OFFM (Söhne Mariensorden)
 OFM Ordo Fratrum Minorum, vide etiam: OFMAlc, OMRegObs, OFMObs, TOF, TOR, OFMCap, TORCap
 OFMAlc Ordo Fratrum Minorum discalceatorum Alcantarinorom Strictioris (Strictissimae) Observantiae Discalceatorum, Fratres Capuccini de Observantia; vide etiam: OFM, OMRegObs, OFMObs, TOF, TOR
 OFMCap Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum, vide etiam:  OFM etc.
 OFMConv Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium; etiam: OMinCon
 OFMDisc Ordo Fratrum Minorum Discalceatorum
 OFMObs Ordo Fratum Minorum (Regularis) Observantiae (de Obeservantia); vide etiam: OFM, OFMAlc, OMRegObs, TOF
 OFMRec (Franziskaner-Rekollekten)
 OFMRef Ordo Fratrum Minorum Reformatorum (Strictioris Observantiae)
 OFS Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis
 OH Ordo Hospitalarius S. Ioannis de Deo; etiam FBF (= :it:Fatebenefratelli)
 OHF (Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate)
 OHFS (Oblate Hospital Franciscan Sisters, India)
 OIC (Order of The Imitation of Christ; Ordo origine syro-malancarensi)
 OJC Congregatio de Imitatione Christi (dicta de Betania)
 OJJA (Institut de L'Oeuvre de la Jeunesse Jean-Joseph Allemand)
 OLC (Sisters of Our Lady of China)
 OLG ((Sisters of Our Lady of the Garden)
 OLM Ordo Libanensis Maronitarum
 OLME (Our Lady's Missionaries of the Eucharist)
 OLN (Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor)
 OLP ((Sisters of Our Lady of Providence)
 OLSH (Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
 OLVM (Victory Noll Sisters)
 OM Ordo Minimorum sive Ordo Fratrum Minimorum; vide etiam: OMin
 OM (Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, India)
 OMC (Order of Merciful Christ)
 OMD Ordo Clericorum Regularium Matris Dei
 OMech Ordo Mechitaristarum Venetiarum; vide etiam: CAM, CMV
 OMel Ordo Melitensis sive Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani, Fratres Hospitalarii; vide etiam: JO, OSJH et SMOM
 OMerc Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede redemptionis captivorum; vide etiam: OdeM
 OMI Congregatio Missionariorum Oblatorum Sanctissimae et Immaculatae Virginis Mariae
 OMI Congregatio Missionarum Oblatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis Immaculatae
 Omin = Ominim Ordo Minimorum sive Ordo Fratrum Minimorum; vide etiam: OM
 OMinCon Ordo Fratrum Minorum Conventualium; etiam: OFMConv 
 OMM Ordo Maronita Beatae Mariae Virginis; Ordo Maronita Mariamita (Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra)
 OMM Opus Mariae Mediatricis
 OMO Ordo de Annuntiatione Beatae Maria Virginis
 OMO Oblatae Matris Orphanorum
 OMRegObs Ordo Fratum Minorum (Regularis) Observantiae (de Observantia); vide etiam: OFMObs, OFM, OFMAlc
 OMV Congregatio Oblatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis
 OP Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum; Dominicani
 OP Institutum Sorores Dominicanae Caritatis a Praesentatione Beatae Mariae Virginis
 OP (Kleine Brüder vom Lamm)
 OPB (Oblates of the Precious Blood)
 OPL (Lay Order of Preachers, 3rd order)
 OPraem Candidus et Canonicus Ordo Praemonstratensis
 OR  Or Institutum Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii; vide etiam: OrJMI
 ORC Ordo Canonicorum Regularium Sanctae Crucis
 OrJMI Congregatio Oratorii Jesu et Mariae Immaculatae
 ORSA (Augustiner-Rekollekten)
 OS (Oblates of Wisdom)
 OSA Ordo Sancti Augustini (his siglis plures ordines vel congregationes traditionis Augustinianae utuntur, ut puta Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus, Augustinian Sisters of the Most Holy Annunciation et aliae); usque ad annum 1963: Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini (OESA)
 OSA Ordo Sancti Andreae (Benedictini ecclesiae Anglicanae)
 OSA  Opus Sanctorum Angelorum
 OSAD Ordo Fratrum Eremitarum Discalceatorum S. Augustini; vide etiam: OFEDSA, OEDSA
 OSB Ordo Sancti Benedicti, cui sunt varii rami sive monachorum sive monialium necnon numerosae congregationes
 OSBCam Ordo Sancti Benedicti Eremitarum Camaldulensium; vide etiam: ECMC
 OSBCas Congregatio Cassinensis ordinis S. Benedicti
 OSBClun Ordo Cluniacensis
 OSBCoel Ordo Sancti Benedicti Coelestinensis
 OSBI Ordo Basilianus Italiae, seu Cryptoferratensis; vide etiam: ObasIt
 OSBirg Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris sive Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris Birgittae (distingue: CSB Congregation of St. Bridget; et: SSB Societas Sanctae Birgittae); saepius: OSSalv
 OSBM Ordo Basilianus, Ordo S. Basilii Magni; Ordo Basilianus S. Iosaphat; vide etiam: OBas
 OSBMV vide: OSM
 OSBOliv Ordo Sancti Benedicti Montis Oliveti
 OSBSSSacr (Benediktinerinnen vom Allerheiligsten Sakrament)
 OSBVall Congregatio Vallis Umbrosae Ordinis Sancti Benedicti; vide etiam: CVUOSB
 OSC Ordo Sanctae Crucis; Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Crucis; Crucigeri;  vide etiam: OSCr
 OSC Oblates of St. Charles
 OSCam Ordo Sancti Camilii; Camilliani; vide etiam: MI, OSR
 OSCCap, Moniales Clarisae Capuccinae vel Ordo Sanctae Clarae Capuccinarum
 OSCl Ordo Sanctae Clarae, Ordo Sancti Francisci Pauperes Clarissae; vide etiam: OSClCap
 OSClCap / OSCCap Ordo Sanctae Clarae Capuccinarum
 OSClCol Ordo Sanctae Clarae reformationis ab Coleta
 OSClDisc Ordo Sanctae Clarae Alcantanorum (Discalciatorum)
 OSClUrb Ordo Sanctae Clarae regulae Urbani IV
 OSCr Ordo Sanctae Crucis; Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Crucis; Crucigeri; vide etiam: OSC
 OSD Ordo S. Dominici (Sorores Tertii Regularis), vide: Dominicani
 OSE Ordo Sanctae Elisabethae; Sorores Hospitalariae Sanctae Elisabethae Tertii Ordinis Sancti Francisci; vide etiam: CSE, SSE
 OSF Ordo Sancti Francisci (sigla varios ramos amplectuntur)
 OSF Congregatio Fratrum Tertiariorum Franciscalium (Brooklyn)
 OSF Sororum Pauperum Franciscalium ab Adoratione Perpetua de Olpe
 OSF (Congregation of Servants of Holy Infancy Jesus)
 OSFN Institutum Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii, vide etiam CO
 OSFS Oblati Sancti Francisci Salesii
 OSH (Oblates of the Sacred Heart; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 OSH Ordo Sancti Hieronymi
 OSI = OSJ Congregatio Oblatorum Sancti Ioseph (Astae Pompejae); vide etiam: COSJ
 O.Sion = NDS Congregatio Nostrae Dominae de Sion
 OSJ (Oblates of St. Joseph, Josephines of Asti)
 OSJdD Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Joannis de Deo
 OSJH Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani, Fratres Hospitalarii, (hodie) Ordo Melitensis; vide etiam: JO et OSJH
 OSM Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis, Ordo Servorum Mariae, Servitae; etiam: OSBMV; O. Serv.
 OSMM Ordo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae de poenitentia
 OSL (Congregation of the Sisters of St. Aloysius, India)
 OSPPE Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae
 OSR Ordo Clericorum Regularium Ministrantium Infirmis; Camilliani; vide etiam: MI
 OSS Opus Spiritus Sancti (India)
 OSSalv Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris; vide etiam: OSBirg
 OssR Ordo Sanctissimi Redemptoris; vide etiam: CSSR
 OSsS (Brigittine Monks = Order of Our Most Holy Saviour?)
 OSsT Ordo Sanctissimae Trinitatis redemptionis captivorum, Ordo Sanctissimae Trinitatis et Captivorum; etiam: O.Trinit.
 OST (Mathuriner)
 OSTR (Oblates of St. Therese Reformed)
 OSU Ordo Sanctae Ursulae, Unio Romana Ordinis Sanctae Ursulae; vide etiam: Ursulinae
 OSV (Ursuline Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
 OSW Ordo Sancti Wigberti (Benedictini Lutherani)
 OT = OTeut Ordo Teutonicus Sanctae Mariae in Jerusalem, Ordo Fratrum Domus Hospitalis Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum in Jerusalem
 Otheat Ordo Clericorum Regularium vulgo Theatinorum; vide etiam: CRTh
 OVA Ordo de Annuntiantione Beatae Mariae Virginis
 OVM Ordo de Visitatione Beatae Mariae Virginis

 P 
 PA Patres Albi; Missionarii Africae; vide etiam: WV, Mafr, SMA
 PBSJ Sororum Pauperum Bonaerensium a S Ioseph
 PBVM (Union of Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
 PC (Poor Clares)
 PCC (Poor Clare Collettines)
 PCCap (Poor Clare Capuchins)
 PDDM  Piae Discipulae Divini Magistri)
 PFJ Institutum parvulorum fratrum Jesu (Foucauld)
 PFM Institutum parvulorum fratrum Mariae; vide etiam: FMS
 PHJC (Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ)
 PIME Pontificium Institutum pro Missionibus Exteris
 PM  Congregationis a Praesentatione B.M.V
 PME Societas pro missionibus exteris Provinciae Quebecensis
 POCR Congregatio Piorum Operariorum Catechistarum Ruralium
 PS Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum (Piaristae)
 PS (Padro Sisters, India)
 PSA (Prabhudasi Sisters of Ajmer, Handmaids of the Lord, India)
 PSA (Pilar Sisters Association, India)
 PSDP Congregatio Pauperum Servorum Divinae Providentiae
 PSDP Congregatio Sororum Parvarum a Divina Providentia (Istituto Michel)
 PSF (Pauvres de Saint-François)
 PSM Pia Societas Missionum; Societas Apostolatus Catholici (Pallotiner, Theodisce); vide etiam: SAC, CSAC, CMAC
 PSM Congregatio Presbyterorum a Sancta Maria de Tenerchebraio
 PSN (Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth)
 PSOL (Poor Sisters of Our Lady, India)
 PSP Missionalis Societas Sancti Pauli; etiam: MSSP
 PSS Societas Presbyterorum a. S. Sulpitia
 PSSC Parvarum Servarum a S. Corde Iesu pro infirmis pauperibus
 PSSF Parvarum Sororum a S. Familia de Sherbrooke
 PSSF Sororum a Sacra Familia Veronae
 PSSG Societas Sancti Caietani

 R 
 RA (Religious of Assumption)
 RAD (Congregação das Religiosas do Amor de Deus)
 RCI = RCJ Congregatio Rogationis a Corde Jesu; Congregatio Rogationistarum a Corde Iesu
 RC Sorores Dominae Nostrae a Recessu Caenaculi
 RDC (Religious of Divine Compassion)
 RGS (Religious of the Good Shepherd)
 RJM (Religious of Jesus and Mary)
 RMI (Religious of Mary Immaculate)
 RNDMs (Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions)
 RSC (Religious Sisters of Charity)
 RSCJ Religiosae Sanctissimi Cordis Jesu; vide etiam: SC
 RSHM (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary)
 RSJ (Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Australian Josephites)
 RSJ Sororum a Sancto Rosario (Jerusalem)
 RSM (Religious Sisters of Mercy, Alma/Michigan)
 RSV Congregatio Religiosorum Sancti Vincentii a Paulo, Patrum et Fratrum
 RVM (Religious of the Virgin Mary)

 S 
 SA Congregatio Fratrum Adunationis Tertii Regularis Ordinis Sancti Francisci (SA = Society of Atonement, Anglice)
 SA (Kongregation der Helferinnen)
 SAB (Sisters of St. Anne, Bangalore, India)
 SABS (Sisters Of Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament)
 SAC Societas Apostolatus Catholici (Pallotiner, Theodisce); item ramus femineus: Congregatio Sororum Missionariarum Apostolatus Catholici; vide etiam: PSM
 SAC sororum ab Angelo Custode
 SAI (Ancelle dell'Immacolata), vide: Ancelle dell'Immacolata
 SAMI (Ancelle della Beata Vergine Maria Immacolata), vide: Ancelle dell'Immacolata
 SA(P) (Sisters of St. Ann of Providence, India)
 SAPU Congregatio Sororum Albertinorum Pauperibus Inservientium; Sorores Albertinae (Zgromadzenie Sióstr Albertynek Posługujących Ubogim, Polonice)
 SAS (Society of the Sisters of St. Ann, Luzen, India)
 SAT (Sisters of Saint Anne of Tiruchirappilly)
 SBP Sororum Benedictinarum a Providentia
 SBS (Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament)
 SC Congregatio Servorum a Charitate
 SC Religiosae Sanctissimi Cordis Jesu; vide etiam: RSCJ
 SC Fratres a Sacratissimo Corde Jesu
 SCA Society of the Catholic Apostolate, vide: SAC et PSM
 SCB (Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, India)
 SCC Filiae Beatae Mariae Virginis de Immaculata Conceptione, Sorores de Caritate Christiana
 SCC (Sisters of the Cross of Chavanad)
 SCCG (Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio & Vincenza Gerosa, India)
 SCH (Sisters of Charity, Halifax)
 SCHSA (Sisters of Charity of St. Ann, India)
 SchP Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum (Piaristae); vide etiam: SP
 SChr Societas Christi pro Emigrantibus Polonis
 SCI di Béth. Societas Presbyterorum Sanctissimi Cordis Iesu de Bétharram
 SCI = SCJ Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Jesu (Dehoniani)
 SCI = SCJ Congregatio Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu (Pères de Timon-David = TD)
 SCIC (Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception)
 SCJB (Sisters of St. John the Baptist, India)
 SCJG (Sisters of Charity of Saint John of God)
 SCJM (Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary)
 SCMM Sorores Caritatis Matris Misericordiae
 SCMM (Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries)
 SCN (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth)
 SCP (Servants of Christ the Priest)
 SCS (Sisters of Charity of Saints)
 SCS (Satya Seva Catechist Sisters, India)
 SCSC Congregatio Sororum Caritatis Sanctae Crucis
 SCSJA Sororum Caritatis a Sancta Ioanna Antida Thouret vide etiam : SDC
 SCSN (Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, Ingenbohl)
 SCV Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
 SCV (Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul)
 SD (The Sisters of the destitute)
 SDB Societas Sancti Francisci Salesii
 SdC Congregatio Servorum a Charitate
 SDC Sororum Caritatis a Sancta Ioanna Antida Thouret vide etiam : SCSJA
 SdJ (Dienerinnen Jesu der Liebe)
 SDN Congregatio Sacerdotum B. M. V. SSmi. Sacramenti
 SDP (Schwestern von der Göttlichen Vorsehung, Sisters of Providence)
 S.d.P. Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum (Cusmano)
 SdPIP  Instituti Sororum Paupercularum
 SDR Congregatio Sororum a Divino Redemptore
 SDS Societas Divini Salvatoris ("Salvatoriani"); est etiam ramus feminarum
 SDV Congregatio Sororum a Divina Voluntate
 SDVI Sororum Magistrarum a Sancta Dorothea Filiarum a Sacris Cordibus
 SF Sororum a S. Familia
 SF Filii Sacrae Familiae Iesu, Mariae et Josephi (conditor: Josep Manyanet i Vives)
 SFB  Instituti Sororum a Sancta Familia
 SFCC Sorores Franciscanae a Caritate Christiana
 SFI (Franciscan Immaculative Sisters, India)
 SFIC Congregatio Sororum Franciscalium ab Immaculata Conceptione a Beata Matre Dei
 SFM Societas Scarborensis pro Missionibus ad Exteras Gentes
 SFN (Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, India)
 SFSF (Arme Schulschwestern vom Heiligen Franziskus)
 SFX (Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Society of Pilar, India)
 SG Institutum Fratrum instructionis christianae a S. Gabriele
 SGBM (Suore di San Giovanni Battista e di Santa Caterina da Siena)
 SGL (Servants of the Gospel of Life)
 SGM (Sisters of Charity of Montreal)
 SGN (Sisters of Good News, India)
 SGS (Sisters of the Good Samaritan)
 SH (Sacred Heart Congregation; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 SHC (Sisters of the Holy Cross, India)
 SHCJ (Society of the Holy Child Jesus)
 SHF (Sisters of the Holy Family)
 SHJ Congregatio Fratrum a Sacratissimo Corde Iesu (SHJ = Sacred Heart of Jesus, Anglice)
 SHM (Society of Helpers of Mary)
 SHSP (Sisters of the Holy Spirit)
 SHS (Sacred Heart Sisters, India)
 SHSp (Sisters of the Holy Spirit)
 SI = SJ Societas Jesu; Iesuitae
 SI (Society of the Immaculata)
 SIC (Sisters of the Imitation of Christ, India)
 SIM = SJM Servi Jesu et Mariae; Congregatio Servorum Iesu et Mariae
 SIW (Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament)
 SJ (Sisters of Jesus)
 SJA (Sisters of Saint Joseph of Annecy)
 SJA (Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, India)
 SJB (Sisters of St. John the Baptist and Mary the Queen, India)
 SJC (Saint Joseph's Congregation; sigla variarum congregationum Sancto Josepho dedicatarum)
 SJC (Society of Saint John Cantius [antea SSJC])
 SJL (Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons, India)
 SJS (Saint Joseph Sevika Samtha, India)
 SJSM (Sisters of St. Joseph of "St. Marc", India)
 SJT (Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes, India)
 SJW (Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker)
 SKD (Society of Kristhudasis)
 SL (Sisters of Loretto)
 SLG (Sisters of the Love of God)
 SLMI (Society of Ladies of Mary Immaculate)
 SLW (Sisters of the Living Word, Metairie Louisiana)
 SM Societas Mariae (Maristi); exstant vari rami (eodem siglo): Patres, Fratres, Sorores, Laici; vide etiam: SMSM
 SM Societas Mariae pro educatione surdorum et mutorum
 SM (Congrégation des Soeurs de Saint-Martin)
 SMA Societas Missionum ad Afros 
 SMA (Sisters of Maria Auxilium, India)
 SMB Societas Missionum Exterarum de Bethlehem in Helvetia
 SMC (Sisters of Mount Calvary)
 SMC (Sisters of St. Marth's Congregation, India)
 SMCB Congregation SMCB; (Barmherzige Schwestern vom Heiligen Karl Borromäus)
 SMHS (Sisters of Most Holy Sacrament)
 SMI Societas Mariae Immaculatae
 SMI (Missionary Sisters of Incarnation, India)
 SMIC (Missionsschwestern von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis der Mutter Gottes = Wilkingheger Missionsschwestern)
 SMM Societas Mariae Montfortana
 SMMC (Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church, Diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA)
 SMMI (Missions-Salesianerinnen von der unbefleckten Empfängnis Mariens)
 SMMM Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy)
 SMMP (Schwestern der heiligen Maria Magdalena Postel = Heiligenstaedter Schulschwestern)
 SMNDA (Sœur missionnaire de notre Dame d’Afrique)
 SMOM Sovereign Military Order of Malta = Ordo Melitensis sive Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani, Fratres Hospitalarii; vide etiam: JO, OMel et OSJH
 SMP Societas Lusitana pro Missionibus: SMP; SMBN (= Sociedade missionária da boa nova, Lusitanice)
 SMS (Snehagiri Missionary Sisters)
 SMS (Sisters of Mission Service)
 SMSM Sorores Missionariae Societatis Mariae
 SMSM (Seva Missionary Sisters of Mary, India)
 SND Sorores Nostrae Dominae
 SND (Society of Nirmaladasikal)
 SNDseN (Schulschwestern Unserer Lieben Frau von Namur)
 SNJM (Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary)
 SOCist Sacer Ordo Cisterciensis; vide etiam: OCist
 SOIL (Servants of Our Immaculate Lady)
 SOLA (Society of Our Lady of Africa, India)
 SOLM (Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy)
 SOLS (Sisters Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows, India)
 SOLT (Society of Our Lady of Most Holy Trinity)
 SorDS (Salvatorianerinnen)
 SP Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum (Piaristae); vide etiam: Sch.P.
 SP Servi Sancti Paracliti
 SP (Sister of Providence)
 SPC (The Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres)
 SPG (Sisters of Providence of Gap)
 S.P. ad V. Congregatio a Sancto Petro in Vinculis
 SPPS Sorores a Pretiosissimo Sanguine D.N.I.C.
 SPS Societas Sancti Patritii pro Missionibus ad Exteros
 SPSF Sorores Pauperum Sancti Francisci
 SPSJ Societas Presbyterorum Sancti Iacobi
 SR (Sisters of Redemption, India)
 SRA Sorores Regina Apostolorum
 SS Societas Presbyterorum a Sancto Sulpitio
 SS (Samaritan Sisters; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 SSA (Sisters of Saint Agatha)
 SSA Sororum S. Annae
 SSB Societas Sanctae Birgittae; distingue: Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris sive Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris Birgittae (OSBirg vel OSSalv) et: Congregation of St. Bridget (CSB)
 SSC Societas Sanctae Crucis (communitas sacerdotum Communionis Anglicanae; distingue: Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (CSC)
 SSC (Columban Fathers)
 SSC Societas Presbyterorum Sancti Iosephi Benedicti Cottolengo
 SSC (Franciscan Servants of the Sacred Heart)
 SSC (Congregation of the Sisters of Christian Schools)
 SSCC = SS.CC. Congregatio Sacrorum Cordium Jesu et Mariae necnon adorationis perpetuae Sanctissimi Sacramenti Altaris (Picpus)
 SS.CC Congregationis Sororum Sacrorum Cordium Iesu et Mariae (Mormaison) 
 SSCh (Sisters of Sainte Chretienne)
 SSCJ (Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus)
 SSCJ Sororum Salesianarum Sacri Cordis Iesu
 SSCM (Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary)
 SSCME Societas S. Columbani pro missionibus ad Exteros
 SSD (Dorotheenschwestern)
 SSE Societas Patrum Sancti Edmundi Oblatorum Sacri Cordis Iesu et Immaculati Cordis Mariae
 SSE Ordo Sanctae Elisabethae; Sorores Hospitalariae Sanctae Elisabethae Tertii Ordinis; vide etiam: CSE et OSE
 SSEW (Sister Servants of the Eternal Word, Birmingham, Alabama)
 SSF (Society of St. Francis)
 SSFA (Sisters of the Holy Family Associate)
 SSH (Sisters of the Sacred Heart)
 SSHJ (Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, India)
 SSI = SSJ Societas Sancti Ioannis
 SSJ Societas Sodalium Sancti Joesph a Sacro Corde; vide etiam: MJ
 SSJA (Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy, India)
 SSJC (Society of Saint John Cantius) sigla aboleta, vide nunc: SJC
 SSJV (Society of Saint John Vianney)
 SSM Congregatio Sororum a Matre Dolorosa
 SSMI (Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate, Byzantine rite)
 SSMN (Sisters of St. Mary of Namur)
 SSMO (Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon)
 SSND Congregatio Sororum Scholasticarum Pauperum a nostra Domina
 SSP Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo
 SSPC ((Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver)
 SSpS Congregatio Missionalis Servarum Spiritus Sancti
 SspSAp Congregatio Servarum Spiritus Sancti de Adoratione perpetua
 SSPV (Society of St. Pius V, sedevacantist)
 SSPX (Society of St. Pius X)
 SSS Sacerdotes Sanctissimi Sacramenti; Congregatio Sanctissimi Sacramenti
 SSS (Sadhu Sevana Sabha; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 SSSF (Franziskanerinnen von Erlenbad = School Sisters of St. Francis?)
 SSsT (Society of the Most Holy Trinity, the Trinitarians)
 SST (Sisters of Saint Thomas)
 SSU Societas Sanctae Ursulae
 SSV Religiosarum a Sancto Vultu
 SSVDP (Society of St Vincent De Paul, etiam SVdP et SVD)
 SSVM (Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara = Servidoras del Senor y de la Virgen de Matara)
 ST (Cenacle Missionary)
 ST Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Sanctissimae Trinitatis; vide etiam: MSSsT sive M.S.SS.T.
 STF (Suore della Sacra Famiglia di Savigliano)
 STFE (Aachener Elisabetherinnen/Franziskanerinnen des Dritten Ordens von der heiligen Elisabeth)
 SUSC (Holy Union Sisters)
 SV Sorores Vitae
 SVC (Sisters of the Visitation Congregation, India)
 SVD Societas Verbi Divini
 SVDP (Society of St. Vincent de Paul, etiam SVP et SSVDP)
 SVM (Sisters of Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin)
 SVP (Society of St. Vincent de Paul, etiam SSVDP et SVdP)
 SX Pia Societas Sancti Francisci Xaverii pro exteris missionibus

 T 
 TC Fratres Tertii Ordinis Sancti Francisci Capulatorum a Beata Virgine Perdolente
 TD Congregatio Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu (Pères de Timon-David); vide etiam: SCJ
 TFPO (Tertiary Franciscan of Primitive Observance)
 TFSC (Franziskaner/-brüder/-innen von Waldbreitbach)
 THM (Töchter vom Herzen Mariä)
 TOCarm Tertius Ordo Fratrum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo
 TOF Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci; Tertius Ordo Regularis Sancti Francisci Assisiensis; vide etiam: TOR, OFM, OFMObs, OMRegObs, OFMAlc., OFS
 TOR Tertius Ordo Regularis S. Francisci; Tertius Ordo Franciscanus regulatus; vide etiam: TOF, OFM, OFMAlc, OMRegObs, OFMObs
 TORCap Tertius Ordinis Regularis Capuccinarum, Tertiariae Capuccinae; vide etiam: OFM etc.
 TOSD (Tertiary of the Order of St. Dominic)
 TOSF (Tertiary of Third Order of St. Francis)

 U 
 UAC Unio Apostolatus Catholici
 UFS (Ursuline Franciscan Sisters)
 UJ (Ursulines Of Jesus)
 UMI (Ursulines of Mary Immaculate)
 USKJ Congregatio Sororum Ursulinarum a Corde Iesu Agonizantis
 USS (Ursuline Sisters of Somasca, India)

 V 
 VC (Vincentian Congregation; congregatio origine syro-malabarensi)
 VDB (Volontarie Don Boscos)
 VHM (Visitation of Holy Mary, Visitation Sisters or Sisters of the Visitation)
 VSC (Vincentian Sisters of Charity)
 VSDB (Visitation Sisters of Don Bosco, India)

 W 
 WF Missionarii Africae = Patres Albi; (WF = White Fathers, Anglice), vide etiam: PA, M. Afr.
 WV Missionarii Africae = Patres Albi; (WV = Weiße Väter, Theodisce), vide etiam: PA, M. Afr.

 Nexus externi 
 Catholic Hierarchy
 Sigla in pagina Orden-online
 Sigla ordinum in pagina Radio Stephansdom
 Catholic Door Ministry: sigla fere 800 ordinum
 Congregationes ecclesiae Catholicae in Kerala / India

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