Post Nominal Initials for Religious Congregations of Men in the US
Congregations in green are either diocesan foundations, institutes without religious vows,
or congregations without a major superior resident in the US.
Superiors of the congregations in black are members of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men.
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Post-nominal Initials |
Congregation |
| --- | Brothers of the Beloved Disciple |
| --- | Catholic Community of the Beatitudes |
| --- | Carmelites of St. Joseph |
| --- | Glenmary Home Missioners of America |
| --- | Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Monks of Mt. Tabor (Eastern Catholic) |
| --- | Holy Trinity Monastery - Benedictine Monks - Byzantine Rite |
| --- | Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest |
| --- | Little Brothers of Jesus (de Foucauld) |
| --- | Maronite Monks of Adoration (Eastern Catholic) |
| --- | Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle |
| --- | The Monks of Adoration (Eastern Catholic) |
| --- | Monks of Mount Tabor (Eastern Catholic) |
| --- | Monks of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery (Maronite) |
| --- | Redemptorists (Eastern Rite) |
| --- | Ukranian Redemptorists (Eastern Catholic) |
| AA | Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists) |
| AJ | The Apostles of Jesus |
| BGS | Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd |
| BH | Brotherhood of Hope |
| BSO | Basilian Salvatorian Fathers (Eastern Catholic) |
| CFA | Congregation of Alexian Brothers |
| CFC | Congregation of Christian Brothers - Bl. Edmund Rice (Irish Christian Brothers) |
| CFMM | Brothers of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy |
| CFP | Congregation of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis |
| CFX | Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier (Xavierian Brothers) |
| CICM | Missionhurst Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| CJ | Congregation of Josephite Fathers (Josephites) |
| CJM | Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) |
| CM | Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) |
| CMF | Claretian Missionaries (Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) |
| CMI | Carmelites of Mary Immaculate |
| CMM | Congregation of Mariannhill Fathers and Brothers |
| CO | Congregation of the Oratory (Oratorians) |
| CP | Congregation of the Passion (Passionists) |
| CPM | Congregation of Priests of Mercy (Fathers of Mercy) |
| CPPS | Missionaries of the Precious Blood |
| CR | Congregation of Clerics Regular (Theatines) |
| CR | Congregation of the Resurrection (Resurrectionists) |
| CRM | Adorno Fathers (Clerics Regular Minor) |
| CRS | Order of St. Jerome Emeliani (Somascan Fathers) |
| CRSP | Clerics Regular of St. Paul (Barnabite Fathers and Brothers) |
| CS | Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinians) |
| CSB | Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) |
| CSC | Congregation of the Holy Cross (Holy Cross Priests & Brothers) |
| CSC | Holy Cross Brothers |
| CSJ | Congregation of St. Joseph |
| CSP | Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) |
| CSS | Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (Stigmatine Fathers and Brothers) |
| CSSp | Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) |
| CSSp | Holy Ghost Fathers of Ireland (Spiritans) |
| CSsR | Redemptorists |
| CSV | Clerics of St. Viator (Viatorians) |
| Er. Cam. | Camaldolese Hermits of Monte Corona |
| FBP | Franciscan Brothers of Peace |
| FBE | Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist |
| FC | Congregation of the Brothers of Charity |
| FDP | Sons of Divine Providence (Don Orione Fathers) |
| FFSC | Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross |
| FIC | Institute of Brothers of Christian Instruction (La Mennais Brothers) |
| FMHJ | Franciscan Missionary Hermits of Saint Joseph |
| FMM | Brothers of Mercy |
| FMS | Marist Brothers of the Schools |
| FMSI | Sons of Mary, Health of the Sick (Sons of Mary Missionary Society) |
| FPM | Presentation Brothers |
| FSC | De La Salle Christian Brothers (Brothers of the Christian Schools) |
| FSE | Brothers of Holy Eucharist |
| FSP | Brothers of Saint Patrick |
| FSR | Brothers of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
| FSSP | Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter |
| IC | Institute of Charity (The Rosminian Priests and Brothers) |
| IHM | Brothers of the Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| IMC | Consolata Society for Foreign Missions (Consolata Missionaries) |
| IVE | Institute of the Incarnate Word |
| LBSF | Little Brothers of St. Francis |
| LC | Legionaries of Christ |
| MC | Missionaries of Charity |
| M. Carm. | Carmelite Monks (Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel) |
| MCCJ | Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (Verona Fathers) |
| MEP | Paris Foreign Missions Society |
| MHM | Mill Hill Missionaries (St. Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill) |
| MI | Order of St. Camillus - Servants of the Sick (Camillian Fathers and Brothers) |
| MIC | Marian Fathers (Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception) |
| MId | Institute Id of Christ the Redeemer (Idente Missionaries) |
| MJ | Missionaries of Jesus |
| MM | Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers (The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) |
| MS | Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (La Salette Missionaries) |
| MSA | Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles |
| MSC | Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Sacred Heart Missionaries) |
| MSF | Congregation of the Missionaries of the Holy Family |
| MSpS | Missionaries of the Holy Spirit |
| MSSCC | Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary |
| O. Carm. | Hermits of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel |
| O. Carm. | Order of Carmelites (Carmelite Friars) |
| O. Cart. | Order of Carthusians |
| O. Cist. | Cistercian Order |
| O. de M. | Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarian Friars) |
| O. Praem. | Canons Regular of Premontre (Norbertine Fathers and Brothers) |
| OAR | Order of the Augustian Recollects |
| OCD | Discalced Carmelite Friars |
| OCR | Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) |
| OCSO | Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) |
| OFM | Franciscan Friars (Custody of the Holy Land) |
| OFM | Franciscan Friars (Order of Friars Minor) |
| OFM Cap. | Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins) |
| OFM Conv. | Order of Friars Minor Conventual |
| OH | Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God (Brothers of St. John of God) |
| OM | Minim Fathers |
| OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate |
| OMV | Oblates of the Virgin Mary |
| OP | Order of Preachers (Dominican Friars) |
| OP Miss. | Dominican Missionaries for the Deaf Apostolate |
| Orat. | Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri (Oratorians) |
| OSA | Order of St. Augustine (Augustinian Friars) |
| OSB | Missionary Benedictine Monks of St. Ottilien |
| OSB | Order of St. Benedict (Benedictines) |
| OSB | Order of St. Benedict (Benedictine Congregation of Our Lady of Monte Oliveto) |
| OSB Cam. | Order of St. Benedict (Camaldolese Congregation) |
| OSBM | Basilian Fathers of Mariapoch (Eastern Catholic) |
| OSBM | Basilian Order of St. Josaphat (Basilian Fathers - Eastern Catholic) |
| OSC | Crosiers (Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross) |
| OSF | Franciscan Brothers |
| OSF | Congregation of the Religious Brothers of the TOR of St. Francis (Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn) |
| OSF | Franciscan Missionary Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| OSFS | Oblates of St. Francis de Sales |
| OSJ | Oblates of St. Joseph |
| OSM | Order of Friar Servants of Mary (Servites) |
| OSPPE | Order of St. Paul the First Hermit (Pauline Fathers) |
| OSsS | Brigittine Monks (Order of the Most Holy Savior) |
| OSST | Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians) |
| PIME | Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions |
| RCJ | Rogationists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Rogationists) |
| SA | Franciscan Friars of the Atonement (Atonement Friars) |
| SAC | Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Fathers and Brothers) |
| SC | Institute of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart (Brothers of the Sacred Heart) |
| SCh | Society of Christ |
| SCJ | Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart |
| SchP | Order of the Pious Schools (Piarist Fathers and Brothers) (Calasanzian Fathers) |
| SDB | Salesians of Don Bosco |
| SdC | Servants of Charity (Guanellian Priests and Brothers) |
| SDS | Society of the Divine Savior) Salvatorians |
| SDV | Society of the Divine Vocations (Vocationist Fathers) |
| SF | Sons of the Holy Family |
| SJ | Society of Jesus (Jesuits) |
| SM | Marist Fathers and Brothers |
| SM | Society of Mary (Marianists) |
| SMC | Salesian Monastic Community |
| SMA | Society of African Missions (SMA Fathers) |
| SMM | Montfort Missionaries |
| SMP | Society of our Mother of Peace |
| SOLT | Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity |
| sP | Servants of the Paraclete (Paracletes) |
| SPS | St. Patrick's Missionary Society (St. Patrick Fathers) |
| SS | Society of the Priests of St. Sulpice (The Sulpician Fathers) |
| SSC | Missionary Society of St. Columban (Columban Fathers) |
| SSCC | Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Sacred Heart Community) |
| SSE | Society of Saint Edmund (Edmundites) |
| SSJ | Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephite Fathers and Brothers) |
| SSP | Society of St. Paul (Pauline Fathers and Brothers Communications Ministry |
| SSS | Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Blessed Scrament Fathers and Brothers) |
| ST | Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Missions) |
| SVD | Divine Word Missionaries |
| SX | St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society (Xaverian Missionaries) |
| TOR | Franciscan Friars, Third Order Regular (T.O.R.'s) |