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A.A.................................Augustinians of the
Assumption, Assumptionists
A.A.M.M.......................Agustinas
Recoletas Misioneras de Maria
A.A.S.C..........................Afiliated
Christian Brother
A.A.S.C..........................Handmaids of the
Blessed Sacrament and of
Charity
A.A.S.C..........................Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
A.A.S.S...........................Siervas del Sagrato Corazón de
Jesús
A.A.S.S...........................Siervas del Santísimo Sacramento
y de la Caridad
A.B.A..............................Antoniani Benedictini
Armeni
A.C.D.SS.T....................Aliadas Carmelitas Descalzas de la
Santísima Trinidad.
A.C.I...............................Esclavas del
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
A.C.J...............................Apostólicas
del Corazón de Jesús
A.E.S.C...........................Adoratrices
Esclavas del Santisimo Sacramento y de la
Caridad
A.F.S.C...........................Affiliated Christian
Brother
A.J..................................Apostles of Jesus
A.M................................Agustinas
Misioneras
A.S.A.S...........................Asociación Mariana
Apostólica Sacerdotal
A.S.C..............................Adorers of the
Blood of Christ
A.S.C.J...........................Apostles of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
A.S.J.M..........................Augustinian Sisters,
Servants of Jesus and
Mary
A.S.S.P...........................Angelic Sisters of St. Paul
B.....................................Barnabites or Congregation of
Clerks Regular of St. Paul
B.....................................Beatus,
Blessed
B.A.................................Ordre Basilien
Alepin
B.B.................................Beati,
Blesseds
B.C.................................Ordre Basilien
Choueirite
B.C.L..............................Bachelor of Canon
Law
B.D.................................Bachelor of
Divinity
B.F.C.C..........................Brothers for Christian
Community
B.G.S..............................Little Brothers of the Good
Shepherd
B.H.................................Brotherhood of
Hope
B.H.S..............................Brother-Servants of the Holy
Spirit
B.P.S...............................Sisters of Charity of
Good and Perpetual Succour
Br....................................Brother
B.S..................................Arrouhbaniat Albassiliat
Almoukhalissiat
B.S..................................Sisters of the Good
Savior (Bon Sauveur)
B.S.C..............................Brothers and
Sisters of Charity
B.S.C.D...........................Brothers and Sisters
of Charity Domestic
B.S.G..............................Brotherhood of St.
Gregory,
Episcopal
bso..................................Salvatorians
(Basilian Salvatorian Order - A Melkite Community)
B.V.M.............................Sisters of Charity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Ca.Cha...........................Carmelitas de la
Caridad
C.A.M............................Congregazione Mechitarista di
Venezia, Mechitarists
Cat.I.C...........................Catecismo de la
Iglesia Católica
C.B.................................Catholics of the
Buffalo
C.B.A.............................Catholic Bible
Association
C.B.C.I...........................Catholic Bishops'
Conference of India
C.B.S..............................Sisters of Bon
Secours de Paris
C.B.S..............................Congregation of the
Sisters of the Blessed
Sacrament
C.C.................................Companions of the
Cross
C.C.C.............................Catechism of the Catholic
Church
C.C.D.............................Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine
CC.RR.MM..................Order of Minor Clerks Regular
(Carracciolini)
C.C.S.P...........................Sisters of Charity of
the Incarnate Word
C.C.V.............................Carmelite
Sisters of Charity, Vedruna
C.C.V.I...........................Congregatio Sororum Caritatis a Verbo
Incarnato, Latin for C.C.S.P.
C.D.D.............................Disciples
of the Lord
C.D.F..............................Congregation for the
Doctrine of Faith
C.D.P..............................Sisters of Divine
Providence
C.F.A..............................Congregation of Alexian
Brothers
C.F.C..............................Congregation of Christian
Brothers
C.F.C..............................Irish Christian
Brothers
C.F.I.C............................Congregation of Franciscans
of the Immaculate Conception (Netherlands)
C.F.I.C............................Congregazione dei Figli
dell'Immacolata Concezione,
Concezionisti
C.F.P...............................Confraternity of
Penitents
C.F.R..............................Franciscan Friars of the
Renewal, Fr. Groeschel
C.F.R..............................Franciscan
Sisters of the Renewal, Fr
Groeschel
C.F.S...............................Congregation of the
Priestly Fraternity
C.F.X..............................Congregation of
the Brothers St Francis Xavier,
Xaverian
C.H.M............................Congregation of the Humility of
Mary
C.H.S..............................Crusade of the Holy
Spirit
C.H.S.B..........................Community of Hermits of St.
Bruno
C.I.C...............................Congregación de la Inmaculada
Concepción de Castres
C.I.C.M..........................Missionhurst,
Congregation of Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut
Fathers)
C.I.M..............................Congregation of Jesus and
Mary
C.J..................................Congregation of St. Joseph,
Josephites
C.J.C...............................Sisters of Jesus
Crucified
C.J.D..............................Canons of Jesus the Lord,
Vladivostok, Russia
C.J.M.............................Congregation of
Jesus and Mary (Eudist)
C.L.P..............................Congregation
of Our Lady of Pity
C.M................................Carmelite
Missionaries
C.M................................Congregation of the
Mission, Vincentians or Lazarists
C.M................................Padres de la Compañía de
María
C.M.C.............................Congregation of the Mother
Coredemptrix
C.M.F.............................Congregation of Missionary
Sons of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Claretians
C.M.I..............................Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
C.M.M...........................Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries
C.M.M.C........................Congregation of Mary Mother of the
Church
C.M.S.............................Comboni Missionary
Sisters
C.M.S.F..........................Missionary Congregation of St
Francis of Assisi
C.N.................................Capuchin Sisters of
Nazareth
C.N.D.............................Congregation of Notre Dame
C.O.................................Congregation of the Oratory,
Oratorians
Cong.Orat......................Congregation of the Oratory,
Oratorian
C.Op...............................Congregation of St Joseph
Calasanctius for Christian
Works
C.P..................................Congregation of the Passion,
Passionists
C.P..................................Congregation of the
Passion of Jesus (Passionist Contemplative
Nuns)
C.P.M.............................Congregation of the Priests of
Mercy
C.P.P.S...........................Missionary Priests of the Most
Precious Blood.
C.Pp.S.............................Society of the
Precious Blood
C.P.S...............................Congregation of
Priests of the Holy Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus
Christ
C.R.................................Congregation of the
Resurrection, Resurrectionist
C.R.................................Ordo
Clericorum Regularium Vulgo Theatinorum, Theatine
Order
C.R.................................Sisters of the Christian
Retreat, Chuscian
C.R.A..............................Swiss Congregation
of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of
Agaune
C.R.C.S..........................Clerici Regulares Congregationis
Somaschae (Padres de Somasqui)
C.R.I.C...........................Congregation of Canons Regular of the
Immaculate Conception
C.R.L..............................Congregation of
Canons Regular of the Lateran, Augustinian
Canon
C.R.L..............................Canonesses Regular of the
Lateran
C.R.M............................Clerici Regulares Minores
("Clérigos Regulares Menores", Mariani)
C.R.M.D........................Clerici Regulares Matris Dei ("Clérigos
Regulares de la Madre de Dios)
C.R.M.I..........................Clerici
Regulares Ministrantes Infirmis ("Clérigos Regulares de los Enfermos",
Camillini, Camilliani)
C.R.N.J...........................Canons Regular
of the New Jerusalem
C.R.O.S.A.......................Canonesses of St.
Augustin
C.R.P..............................Order of Canons Regular of
Premontre (Norbertine,
Premontstratensian)
C.R.S..............................Orden de los
Padres Somascos, Somascan
Fathers
C.R.S..............................Order of Clerks Regular of
Somascha (Somaschi)
C.R.S.A..........................Confederation of
Canons Regular of St. Augustine
C.R.S.F...........................Sisters
of St. Francis
C.R.S.P...........................Clerics Regular of St.
Paul
C.R.S.P...........................Clerici Regulares Pauperum Matris
Dei Scholarum Piarum, (Piaristas)
C.R.S.S...........................Canonesses of the Holy
Sepulchure
C.R.T..............................Clerici Regulares Theatini
(Clérigos Regulares Teatinos)
C.S..................................Capitanio
Sisters
C.S..................................Missionaries of St. Charles,
Scalabrinians
C.S.A..............................Congregation of Our
Lady
C.S.A..............................Canonesses of St.
Augustin
C.S.B..............................Congregation of St. Bridget
C.S.B..............................Congregation of St. Basil, Basilian
Fathers
C.S.C..............................The Congregation of Holy
Cross, Holy Cross Fathers
C.S.C..............................Sisters of
Holy Cross
C.S.C..............................Sisters of the Holy
Cross
C.S.F...............................Congregation of the Holy
Family, Italy
C.S.F.N...........................Sisters of the Holy
Family of Nazareth
C.S.I...............................Congregation of
the Priests of the Sacred
Heart
C.S.J...............................Congrégation du
Sacré-Coeur
C.S.J...............................Congregation of St.
Joseph, Priests and Brothers
C.S.J...............................Sisters
of St. Joseph
C.S.J.B...........................Sisters of St. John the
Baptist
C.S.J.P............................Sister of St. Joseph of Peace
C.S.P...............................Congregation of Missionary Priests
of St. Paul the Apostle, Paulists
C.S.R..............................Sisters of the Holy Redeemer
C.S.S...............................Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata,
Stigmatine Fathers and Brothers
C.SS.CC.........................Congregatio Sacratissimorum Cordium
(Misioneros del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y María)
C.S.S.F............................Congregation of the Sisters of Saint
Felix of Cantalice, Felicians
C.S.Sp.............................Congregation of the Holy Ghost
Fathers, Spiritans
C.Ss.R............................Congregation of the
Most Holy Redeemer, Redemptorists Fathers
C.SS.S.............................Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour
(Brigittine)
C.S.S.T...........................Sisters of the Holy
Trinity
C.S.V..............................Clerics of St. Viator
C.S.V.B..........................Sisters of the Savior and the Blessed
Virgin Mary
C.V.I...............................Sisters of the Incarnate
Word and Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland, Mexico
C.Y.O..............................Catholic Youth
Organization
D.C.................................Congregazione dei Preti
della Dottrina Cristiana,
Dottrinari
D.C.................................Daughters of
Charity
D.C.................................Sisters of Charity of St.
Vincent De Paul
D.C.J..............................Carmelite Sisters of
the Divine Heart of Jesus
D.C.L..............................Doctor of
Canon Law (Civil)
D.D.................................Doctor of Divinity
D.D.L..............................Daughters of Divine
Love
D.H.M............................Daughters of the Heart of Mary
D.H.S..............................Daughters of the Holy Spirit
D.J..................................Daughters of
Jesus
D.M................................Daughters of Mary of the
Immaculate Conception
D.M.J.............................Daughters of Mary
and Joseph (formerly Ladies of
Mary)
D.Min.............................Doctor of Ministry
D.M.M.M......................Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy
Congregation, Nigeria
D.M.S.E.........................The Dominican
Missionary Sisters of St. Elizabeth
D.O.L.C..........................Daughters of Our Lady of
Compassion
D.P..................................Daughters of Providence,
St. Brieuc
D.Phil..............................Doctor of Philosophy U.K.
Oxford
D.R.E.............................Director of Religious Education
Dr.Theol.........................Doctor of Theology,
German
D.S.H.............................Daughters of the Sacred
Heart
D.S.M.P.........................Daughters of Saint Mary of
Providence
D.S.S..............................Doctor of Holy (Sacred)
Scripture
D.W................................Daughters of Wisdom, St.
Montfort
E.B.S.B...........................Ecumenical Benedictine Sisters
of Bethany
E.P..................................Heralds of the
Gospel (Virgo Flos Carmeli)
Er.Cam...........................Camaldolese
Hermits of the Congregation of Monte Corona
F.A.S...............................Franciscan Apostolic
Sisters
F.B.E...............................Franciscan Brothers of the
Eucharist
F.B.P...............................Franciscan Brothers of
Peace
F.C..................................Brothers of Charity
F.C..................................Daughters of the Cross of
Liege
F.C.J...............................Faithful Companion of Jesus,
Sisters
F.C.J...............................Franciscan Sisters of the
Heart of Jesus, Malta
F.C.J.M..........................Franciscan
Companions of Jesus and Mary
F.C.M.............................Société
des Filles du Coeur de Marie
F.D.C..............................Daughters
of Divine Charity
F.d.C.C...........................Congregation of Sons
of Charity (Canossiani)
F.D.C.C..........................Canossian
Daughters of Charity (Italy)
F.D.D.C..........................Canossians, Daughters and Sons of
Charity
F.D.L.C...........................Daughters of the
Cross
F.D.L.S...........................Filles de la Sagesse, Daughters
of Wisdom
F.D.M.............................Brothers of
Mercy
F.D.N.S.C.......................Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart
F.D.P...............................Brothers of Divine
Providence
F.D.P...............................Sons of Divine
Providence
F.F.P................................Franciscan Friars of
Divine Providence
F.F.S.C............................Franciscan
Brothers of the Holy Cross
F.H.G.S...........................Handmaids
of the Good Shepherd
F.H.I.C............................Franciscan
Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate
Conception
F.I....................................Franciscans of the
Immaculate
F.I.C................................Brothers of Christian
Instruction
F.I.C.P.............................Institute of Brothers of
Christian Instruction of
Ploermel
F.I.S.................................Franciscan Immaculatine
Sisters
F.J...................................Congregation of St.
John
f.m....................................Franciscan Minims of the
Perpetual Help of Mary
F.M.A..............................Salesian
Sisters, Daughters of Mary Help of
Christian
F.M.A..............................Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice
F.M.D.M.........................Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine
Motherhood
F.M.I...............................Congregation of Sons of
Mary Immaculate (Chavagne
Fathers)
F.M.I...............................Daughters of Mary
Immaculate, Marianist Sisters
F.M.M............................Brothers
of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help
F.M.M............................Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
F.M.S..............................Marist Brothers
F.M.S.I............................Sons of Mary, Health of the
Sick
F.M.S.J...........................Franciscan Missionaries of St.
Joseph
F.M.S.L...........................Franciscan Missionaries Sisters
of Littlehampton
F.P.M..............................Presentation Brothers
of Mary
F.P.O...............................Franciscans of Primitive
Observance
Fr.....................................Father
F.S...................................Fathers
of Sion
F.S.C...............................Brothers of the Christian
Schools, Christian Brothers
F.S.C...............................Brothers
of St. Gabriel
F.S.C...............................De La Salle
Brothers
F.S.C.B...........................Fraternità San Carlo
Borromeo
F.S.C.G...........................Daughters of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, Italy
F.S.C.H...........................Changed to C.F.C,
Irish Christian Brothers
F.S.C.J............................Brothers
(Sons) of the Sacred Heart, Verona
Fathers
F.S.D...............................Franciscans of San
Damiano
F.S.E................................Franciscan Sisters of the
Eucharist
F.S.F................................Institute of Brothers of
the Holy Family of Belley
F.S.G...............................Brothers of
Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel
F.S.G.M..........................Sisters of St. George
Martyrs
F.S.I.C.............................Franciscan Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception
F.S.M..............................Franciscan
Minoresses
F.S.M..............................Franciscan Sisters of
Mary
F.S.M.A..........................Franciscan Sisters of Mary of the
Angels
F.S.M.I...........................Congregation of Sons of Mary
Immaculate
F.S.M.L..........................Franciscanos
Minoresses
F.S.M.L..........................Franciscanas Misioneras de
Littlehampton
F.S.P................................Brothers of St.
Patrick, Patrician
Brothers
F.S.P................................Daughters of St.
Paul
F.S.P................................Franciscan Sisters of Divine
Providence
F.S.P.A............................Franciscan Sisters of
Perpetual Adoration
F.S.R...............................Brothers of the
Holy Rosary, Reno
F.S.S.E.............................Franciscan Sisters
of St. Elizabeth
F.S.S.J.............................Franciscan Sisters
of St. Joseph
F.S.S.P.............................Priestly Fraternity of
Saint Peter
G.I.R.M...........................General Instruction of the
Roman Missal
G.N.S.H...........................Grey Nuns of the
Sacred Heart
H.C..................................Sisters of the Holy
Cross
H.E.F.C.R.......................Hermanas Educacionistas
Franciscanas de Cristo Rey
H.F.B...............................Association of the Holy Family of
Bordeaux
H.H..................................Benedictines of Heartsong
Hermitage
H.H.C.J...........................Handmaids of the Holy Child
Jesus
HH.MM..........................Maristas
H.H.S...............................Helpers
of the Holy Souls
H.J...................................Hermanitos de
Jesús
Hna..................................Hermana
Hno..................................Hermano
H.P.B...............................Handmaids
of the Precious Blood
H.S.B...............................Hermits of
St. Bruno
H.S.C...............................Hospitaller Sisters of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus
H.S.H.J............................Handmaids of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus
I.B.V.M...........................Institute of
the Blessed Virgin Mary
I.C....................................Institute
of Charity, Rosminians
I.C.D.S.............................Instituto
Catequista Dolores Sopeña
I.C.E.L.............................International Committee on English
in the Liturgy
I.C.E.T.............................International
Consultation on English Text
I.C.M...............................Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary
I.C.M.I.C.A.....................International Catholic
Movement for Intellectual and Cultural
Affairs
I.C.P.B.............................Institut du Clerge Patriarcal
de
Bzommar
I.C.R.S.S..........................International
Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Services
I.E.M.E............................Instituto Español de San
Francisco Javier para Misiones
Extranjeras
I.H.M...............................Sisters, Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
I.I.W.................................Institute
of the Incarnate Word
I.J.....................................Infant
Jesus Sisters (Nicolas
Barre)
I.M.C...............................Missionary Institute of La
Consolata, Consolata Fathers
I.M.C.S/M.I.E.C.............International
Movement of Catholic Students, student part of Pax
Romana
I.M.E.Y............................Misioneros de Yarumal, Columbia
I.M.S................................Indian Missionary
Society
Inst.Ch.............................Institute of Charity
(Rosminian)
I.R.S.J.G..........................Instituto Religiosas de
San José de Gerona
I.S.S.M.............................Institute of the
Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
Ist del Prado....................Istituto del
Prado
I.V.E.................................Institute of the Incarnate
Word, Instituto del Verbo
Encarnado
I.W.B.S............................Sisters of the Incarnate
Word and Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Houston, Parma
Heights.
J.C.D...............................Doctor of Canon Law
J.C.L................................Licentiate in Canon
Law
Jer....................................Jerónimos
J.M.J................................Secular
order of Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph
J.U.D................................Doctor of both Civil and
Canon Laws
K.C...................................Knight
Commander
K.G.H.S............................Knight Grand Cross of the
Holy Sepulchre
K.H.S................................Knight of the Holy
Sepulchre
K.M..................................Knights of Malta
K of
C...............................Knights of Columbus
K.P....................................Knight of Pius IX
K.P.C................................Knights of Peter
Claver
K.S.G................................Knight of St. Gregory
K.S.S................................Knight of St. Sylvester
L.B.N...............................Little Brothers of
Nazareth
L.B.S.F.............................Little Brothers of St.
Francis
L.C...................................Legionaires of Christ
L.C.M..............................Sisters of the Little Company of Mary
L.L.D...............................Doctor of
Laws
L.S.M..............................Licentiate in Medieval
Studies
L.S.P................................Little Sisters of the
Poor
L.S.S................................Licentiate of Sacred
Scripture
M.Afr..............................Missionaries of Africa
M.A.P..............................Missionaries of Perpetual Adoration.
Also called Missionaries of
Fatima
M.C.................................Missionaries of
Charity
M.C.................................Miles
Christi
M.C.................................Consolata Missionaries
(Sisters)
M.C.................................Hermanas Mercedarias de la
Caridad
M.C.C.J...........................Comboni Missionaries of the
Heart of Jesus
M.C.D.P..........................Missionary Catechists of
Divine Providence
M.C.J..............................Missionaries of the
Child Jesus, Philippines
M.C.M............................Cordi Marian
Sisters
M.C.S.T...........................Missionary Catechists of St.
Therese of the Child Jesus (Philippines)
M.C.S.T...........................Misioneros del Sagrado Corazón de
Jesús
M.Div..............................Master of Divinity
M.E.G.A..........................Mercy European Geographical Area
M.E.P...............................Paris Society of Foreign Missions,
La Société des Missions
Etrangères
M.F.I.C............................Missionary Franciscan of
the Immaculate Conception
M.F.S.C...........................Missionary
Sons of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus
M.F.V.A..........................Franciscan Missionaries of the
Eternal Word
M.G..................................Institute of Our Lady
of Guadalupe for Foreign
Missions
M.H.................................Mill Hill
Fathers
M.H.M............................St. Joseph's Missionary Society
of Mill Hill. Mill Hill Missionaries
M.H.S.H..........................Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
MI....................................Ministers of the Sick,
Camillians
M.I.C...............................Congregation of Marians
Immaculate Conception, Marian
Fathers
M.I.C.M..........................Mancipia Immaculati Cordis
Mariae, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary
M.I.H.M..........................Missionaries Immaculate Heart of
Mary
M.J..................................Missionari di S. Giuseppe nel
Messico
M.J..................................Missionaries of
Jesus
M.J..................................Missionaries of St
Joseph
M.M................................Martyrs
M.M................................Maryknoll
Missionaries
M.M.B............................Mercedarias Misioneras de
Berriz
M.M.S.............................Medical Mission
Sisters
M.N.M............................Misioneros de la Natividad de
María
M.O.G.C.........................Maryknoll Office for Global
Concerns
Mons...............................Monseñor
M.O.P..............................Missionaries
of the Poor
M.P.F...............................Religious Teachers
Filippine
M.P.V..............................Religious Teachers Venerini
M.S..................................Marian
Sisters
M.S..................................Missionaries of Our Lady of
LaSalette
M.S.A..............................Missionaries of the Holy
Apostles
M.S.B.T...........................Missionary Sisters of the
Most Blessed Trinity
M.S.C..............................Marianites of
Holy Cross
M.S.C..............................Missionaries of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
M.S.C..............................Missionarii
Sacratissimi Cordis ("Misioneros del Corazón Más Sagrado")
M.S.C..............................Missionarii Sancti Caroli
("Misioneros de San Carlos")
M.S.C..............................Missionary Servants of
Christ
M.S.D..............................Doctor of Medieval
Studies
M.S.D..............................Religiosas Misioneras de Santo
Domingo
M.S.F...............................Congregation of Missionaries
of the Holy Family
M.S.F.S............................Missionaries of St.
Francis de Sales
(Fransalian)
Msgr................................Monsignor
M.S.L...............................Licentiate
in Medieval Studies
M.S.O.L.A ......................Missionary Sisters of
Our Lady of Africa
M.Sp.S.............................Missionaries of the
Holy Spirit, Misioneros del Espíritu
Santo
M.S.S...............................Missionaries of the Blessed
Sacrament
M.SS.C............................Missionaries of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary
M.SS.CC..........................Congregation of
Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
M.S.S.P............................Missionary Society of St.
Paul
M.Ss.R.............................Missionaries of the Most Holy
Redeemer, Gars Sisters/Mission
Schwester
M.S.S.S............................Missionary Sisters of the
Most Blessed Sacrament
M.SS.S.T..........................Congregation of
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy
Trinity
M.T..................................Missionary Servants of the
Most Holy Trinity
M.T.S...............................Master in
Theological Studies
M.V.D.F...........................Verbum Dei
Missionary Fraternity
M.X.Y...............................Institute of
Yarumal for Foreign Missions
N.D.A../..O.L.A................Missionary
Sisters of Our lady of Apostles
O.A.D...............................Agostiniani
Scalzi
O.A.D...............................Discalced
Augustinians
O.A.R...............................Order of Augustinian
Recollects
O.A.T.H............................Oblate Apostles of the Two
Hearts
Obl.S.B.............................Oblate of St.
Benedict
O.C...................................Ordo Charitatis (Padres de
la Orde de la Caridad)
O.C...................................Order of
the Carmelites
O.Camald.........................Ordo Camaldulensium
(Camaldolenses)
O.CARM.........................Order of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel, Carmelites of Ancient Observance
O.Cart..............................Order of the Carthusians
O.C.C...............................Ordo Carmelitarum Calceatorum
(Carmelitas)
O.C.D.or O.D.C...............Order of Carmelites Discalced
O.C.D.S............................Order of Carmelites Discalced
Secular
O.CIST.............................Order of Cistercians
O.C.R...............................Order of Cistercians, Reformed,
(Trappist)
O.C.S.O............................Order of Cistercians of the
Strict Observance, Trappists and Trappistines
O.C.V.M...........................
O.de.M.............................Order
of Our Lady of Mercy for the Ransom of Captives
(Mercederian)
O.D.N...............................Compañia de Maria
O.E...................................Order of Emmanuel,
Emmanuelites
O.E.F................................Order of Ecumenical
Franciscans
O.E.S.A.............................Hermits of St
Augustine
O.F.M...............................Order of Friars Minor,
Franciscans
O.F.M.Cap.......................Order of Capuchin Friars
(Capuchin Franciscan)
O.F.M.Conv.....................Order of Friars
Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscan)
O.F.M.I............................Franciscan Friars of Mary Immaculate
O.Gr.................................Order of
Grandmont
O.H...................................Order of Brothers
Hospitallers of St. John of
GOD
O.I.C.................................Order of the Imitation of
Christ
O.L.G................................Sisters of Our Lady of the
Garden
O.L.M...............................Order of Lebanese Maronite,
Baladites
O.L.M.E...........................Our Lady's Missionaries of
the Eucharist
O.L.V.M...........................Victory Noll Sisters
O.M..................................Minim Fathers
O.M.C...............................Franciscanos Menores
Conventuales
O.M.Cap..........................Ordo Minorum Cappucinorum
(Capuchinos)
O.Merced.........................Ordo Beatae Mariae
Virginis de Redemptione Captivorum (Mercedarianos)
O.M.I................................Oblates of Mary Immaculate
O.M.M.............................Ar-Rouhbanyat Al-Marounyat
Liltoubawyat Mariam Al-Azra
O.M.V...............................Oblates
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
O.P....................................Order
of Preachers, Dominicans
O.P....................................Order of
Preachers, Dominicans, Anglican Catholic
Church
O.P....................................Dominican Sisters
(Conventual), Anglican Catholic
Church
O.P....................................Dominican Sisters of
Divine Providence
O.P....................................Dominican
Sisters of St.
Cecilia
O.P....................................Dominican Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception
O.P....................................Sisters of
Mary, Mother of the
Eucharist
O.P.B................................Oblates
of the Precious Blood
O.P.L.................................Lay Order of
Preachers, 3rd order
O.PRAEM........................Canons Regular of
Premontre, Norbertines,
Premonstratensians
O.P.S.D.............................Ordo
Poenitentia Sancti Dominici (Third Order of Preachers), Anglican Catholic
Church
Opus Dei...........................Opus Dei, Prelatura del Opus
Dei. Obra de Dios.
O.R.C................................Order of Canons
Regular of the Holy Cross
O.R.S.A.............................Order of
Augustinian Recollects
O.S.....................................Oblates
of Wisdom
O.S.A.................................Hermits of St.
Augustine, Augustinian Friars
O.S.A.................................Order
of St. Augustine,
Augustinians
O.S.A.................................Order of St. Andrew,
Anglican
O.S.A.................................Opus Sanctorum Angelorum
O.S.B.................................Congregación de Benedictinas
Misioneras de Tuzting
O.S.B.................................Order of St.
Benedict, Benedictine
O.S.B.................................Order of St.
Benedict, English
Congregation
O.S.B.................................Order of St. Benedict,
Solemnes Congregation
O.S.B.................................Order of St.
Benedict, Subiaco
Congregation
O.S.B.cam.........................Camaldolese Congregation
of the Order of St. Benedict
O.S.B.M............................Order of
St. Basil the Great, Basilian Order of St.
Josaphat
O.S.B.S..............................Oblate Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament
O.S.C.................................Canons Regular of
the Order of the Holy Cross, Crosier Fathers
O.S.C.................................Oblates of St.
Charles
O.S.C.................................Oblati Sancti Caroli
(Padres de San Carlos)
O.S.C.................................Order of
St. Clare
O.S.Cam............................Order of St. Camillus,
Camillian Fathers and
Brothers
O.SCH.P............................Piaristen Orden, Ordo
Scholarum Piarum, founded by St
Calasantinus
O.S.Cr................................Order of the Holy
Cross
O.S.E..................................Order of St.
Elizabeth
O.S.F..................................Congreg of Servants of
Holy Infancy Jesus
O.S.F..................................Franciscan
Brothers or Sisters
O.S.F..................................Franciscan
Sisters of Allegany N.Y.
O.S.F..................................Suore
Francescane Insegnanti
O.S.F.C..............................Orden
de San Francisco Capuchinos
O.S.F.S...............................Oblates
of St. Francis de Sales
O.S.F.S...............................Order of
St. Francis--Secular, 3rd Order Franciscan
O.S.H.................................Orden de San Jerónimo, Monjes
Jerónimos
O.S.H.................................Ordo [Eremitarum] Sancti
Hieronymi (Hieronimitas)
O.S.I...................................Oblates
of St. Joseph, Josephines of
Asti
O.S.P..................................Order of St. Paul the First
Hermit, Pauline Fathers
O.Sion................................Order of
Our Lady of Sion
O.S.J..................................Oblates of St.
Joseph
O.S.M................................Order of the Servants of
Mary, Servites
O.S.M................................Ordine dei
Servi di Maria
O.S.P.P.E...........................Order of St.
Paul the First Hermit, Pauline Fathers
O.SS.C...............................Padres del Sagrado
Corazón
O.Ss.R...............................Order of the Most Holy
Redeemer, Redemptoristine
Sister
O.Ss.S................................Order of Our Savior,
Brigittine Monks
O.SS.T...............................Order of the Most
Holy Trinity and of the Ransom of Captives, Trinitarians
O.SS.T.,Ter.......................Third order secular of the Most Holy
Trinity
O.S.T.R.............................Oblates of St. Therese
Reformed
O.S.U.................................The
Ursulines
O.S.U.................................Ursulinas de la Unión
Romana
O.Tr...................................Order of the Holy
Trinity, Trinitarians
O.Trinit..............................Ordo
Sanctissimae Trinitatis (Orden de la Santísima Trinidad)
P.........................................Padre
P.B.....................................Peres-Blancs,
White Fathers
P.B.S.F...............................Penitent Brothers of
Saint Francis
P.B.V.M.............................Sisters of the
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
P.C.....................................Poor
Clares
P.C.C.................................Poor Clare Collettines
P.C.Cap.............................Poor Clare
Capuchins
P.C.P.A..............................Poor Clares of Perpetual
Adoration
P.D.D.M............................Pious Disciples of the
Divine Master
Ph.D...................................Doctor of Philosophy
P.H.J.C..............................Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
P.I.J...................................Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
Pauperis Infantis Jesu
P.I.M.E..............................Pontifical
Institute for Foreign Missions
P.M....................................Sisters of the Presentation of
Mary
P.M.E................................Société des
Missions-Étrangères
P.O.....................................Pr tres de l
Oratoire, Presbyteri Oratorii (Oradores)
P.O.C.R.............................Pii Operai Catechisti Rurali
Missionari Ardorini
P.P......................................Parish
Priest
P.P.A.A..............................Patres Amplissimi
(Cardinals)
P.S.A..................................Petites
Soeurs de l'Assomption
P.S.F...................................Pauvres de
Saint-François
P.S.M.................................Pia Societas
Missionum (Padres de la Sociedad Piadosa de Misiones, Pallottini)
P.S.S...................................Fathers of St. Sulpice
(Sulpician)
P.S.S.J................................Poor Sisters of St.
Joseph-Hermanas Pobres Josefinas Buenoarensas
R.A.....................................Religious of the Assumption
(France)
R.C.....................................Concepcionistas de las
Enseñanza
r.c.......................................The Religious of the
Cenacle
R.C.C.................................Roman Catholic
Church
R.C.I..................................Congregation of Rogationist
Fathers of the Heart of
Jesus
R.C.J.................................Rogationists of the Heart of
Jesus
R.C.S.C.J..........................Religiosas de
la Cruz del Sagrado Corazón de
Jesús
R.D.C................................Religious of Divine Compassion
R.G.S.................................Religious of the Good Shepherd
R.J.M................................Religious of Jesus and Mary
(France)
R.L.R../..C.L.R.................Congrégation de La
Retraite
R.M.I.................................Religious of Mary
Immaculate
R.M.I.................................Misioneras
Claretianas
R.N.D.M............................Sisters of Our Lady
of the Missions, Religieuses de Notre Dame Missions
R.P.....................................Reverend
Father
R.P.....................................Religiosas de la Pureza de
María
R.P.G.................................Sister Adorers of the
Precious Blood
R.S.C.................................Religious
Sisters of Charity
R.S.C.J..............................Religious of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
R.S.H.M............................Religious of
the Sacred Heart of Mary
R.S.J..................................Sisters
of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Australian
Josephites
R.S.M................................Religious Sisters of
Mercy
R.S.V.................................Religieux de Saint Vincent de
Paul
R.V.M...............................Religious of the Virgin Mary,
Philippines
S.........................................Sanctus,
Saint
S.A.....................................Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement
S.A.....................................Society of Atonement,
Atonement Friars/Graymoor
Friars/Sisters
S.A.....................................Soeurs
Auxiliatrices
S.A.C.................................Society of Catholic
Apostolate, Pallotines
S.A.C.................................Sisters of
the Guardian Angel
S.B.S..................................Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament
S.C.....................................Brothers of
the Sacred Heart
S.C.....................................Salesianorum
Congregatio (Congregación de San Francisco de Sales - Padres Salesianos)
S.C.....................................Servants of Charity
S.C.....................................Sisters of
Charity
S.C.....................................Fratelli del Sacro
Cuore
S.C.A.................................Society of the
Catholic Apostolate, Pallotine
Fathers
S.C.C.................................Sisters of Christian
Charity
S.C.C.................................Society of the Sisters of
the Church
S.C.H.................................Sisters of Charity,
Halifax
S.CH..................................Society of Christ
S.CHP................................Clerics Regular of the Pious
Schools, Piarist Fathers
Sch.P..................................Sisters
of the Pious Schools,
Piarists
S.C.I...................................Congregation of the
Priests of the Sacred Heart
S.C.I.C...............................Suore
di Caritá dell’Immacolata Concezione d’Ivrea
S.C.J..................................Congregation of the Priests of
the Sacred Heart
(Betharram)
S.C.J..................................Sacred Heart
Fathers
S.C.J..................................Sacerdotes del Sagrado
Corazón – Dehonianos
S.C.J..................................Society of
the Sacred Heart of the Infant
Jesus
S.C.L..................................Sisters of Charity of
Leavenworth
S.C.M.M...........................Congregation Sisters of
Charity of our Lady Mother of Mercy
S.C.N.................................Sisters of Charity of
Nazareth
S.C.O.................................Sisters of Charity of
Ottawa
S.C.S..................................Brother Servants of the
Sacred Heart
S.C.S.H..............................
S.C.S.J.A...........................Sisters of Charity of St. Joan
Antida
S.C.V.................................Sodalicio de Vida
Cristiana
S.C.V.B.............................Hermanas del Salvador y de
la Bendita Virgen María
S.D.B.................................Salesians
of Don Bosco
S.D.B.................................Society of St.
Francis de Sales
S.D.B.................................Società Salesiana
di San Giovanni Bosco
S.D.S..................................Society of
the Divine Savior, Salvatorians
S.D.V.................................Sociedad del Divino
Verbo
S.D.V.................................Society of Divine Vocations,
Vocationist Fathers
S.E.O.D.............................Doctor of
Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences
S.E.O.L..............................Licentiate of Oriental
Ecclesiastical Sciences
S.F......................................Hijos de
la Sagrada Familia
S.F......................................Sons of the
Holy Family
S.F.B../..HFB.....................Holy Family Sisters of
Bordeaux
S.F.C.C...............................Sisters for Christian
Community
S.F.I.C................................Sororem Franciscalium ab
Immaculata Conceptione a Beata Matre
Dei
S.F.M.................................Scarboro Foreign Mission
Society
S.F.O..................................Secular Franciscan Order,
3rd order
S.G.....................................Brothers of Saint
Gabriel
S.G.....................................Montfort Brothers of St.
Gabriel
S.G.....................................Servants of GOD,
Augustinian Episcopal
S.G.C.................................Grey
Nuns of the Cross. Changed name to Sisters of Charity, Ottawa,
SCO
S.G.L..................................Servants of the Gospel of
life
S.G.S..................................Sisters of the Good
Samaritan
S.H.C.J...............................Society of the Holy Child
Jesus
S.H.F..................................Sisters of the Holy Family
S.H.S..................................Sisters of the Holy Spirit
S.I.......................................Societatis Iesu, Latin for
Society of Jesus, Jesuits
S.I.......................................Society of the
Immaculata
S.I.M..................................Secular Institute of
the Missionaries of the Kingship of
Christ
S.I.W..................................Sisters of the Incarnate
Word and Blessed Sacrament, Cleveland
S.J......................................Society of Jesus, Jesuits
S.L.....................................Sisters of Loretto
S.L.D.................................Doctor of Sacred Liturgy
S.L.L..................................Licentiate of Sacred
Liturgy
S.L.W.................................Sisters of the Living Word,
Metairie Louisiana
S.M....................................Society of
Mary, Marianists
S.M....................................Compañia de
Maria (Marianistas)
S.M....................................Society of
Mary, Marists
S.M....................................Marist
Sisters
S.M.A................................Society of African Missions
(of Lyons)
S.M.B................................Foreign Missions Society
of Bethlehem in Switzerland (Bethlehem
Father)
S.M.I.................................Sisters of Mary
Immaculate
S.M.I.C..............................Missionary Sisters of the
Immaculate Conception of the Mother of GOD
S.M.M...............................Comfort of Mary, Saint Montfort
Missionaries
S.M.M...............................Montfort Society of
Mary (Montfort Father)
S.M.M.E............................The Dominican
Sisters of Mary, Mother of the
Eucharist
S.M.M.M..........................Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy
Congregation, Nigeria
S.M.O.M...........................Sovereign
Military Order of Malta
S.M.P.................................Portugese
Society for Catholic Missions
S.M.S.M............................Marist
Missionary Sister
S.M.S.M............................Soeurs Missionnaires
de la Société de Marie
S.N.D.................................Sisters of
Notre Dame
S.N.D.de.N........................Sisters of Notre Dame de
Namur
S.N.J.M.............................Sisters of the Holy Names of
Jesus and Mary
S.O.Cist.............................Cistercians of the
Common Observance
S.O.L.M.............................Sisters of Our
Lady of Mercy
S.O.L.T..............................Society of Our Lady
of Most Holy Trinity
S.O.P..................................Sisters of
the Poor
S.Ord.Cist..........................Cistercian
Order
S.P......................................Order of Clerks Regular of
the Religious Schools
(Piarists)
S.P......................................Servants of the Holy
Paraclete, Piarist Fathers
S.P......................................Sister of Providence
S.P.M.................................Societas Patrum Misericordiae
(Sociedad de los Padres de la Misericordia)
S.P.S..................................St. Patricks Missionary Society,
Kiltegan Fathers
Sr.......................................Sister
S.S......................................Sancti,
Saints
S.S......................................Society of St. Sulpice
(the Sulpicians)
S.S.A..................................Sisters of St.
Ann
S.S.A..................................Society of St.
Augustine
S.S.C..................................Franciscan Servants of
the Sacred Heart
S.S.C..................................Servants of the
Sacred Cross
S.S.C..................................Society of St.
Colomban
S.S.C..................................The Society of the Holy
Cross, Societas Sanctae
Crucis.
S.S.C.C..............................Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary
S.S.C.C..............................Congregación de los Sagrados
Corazones
SS.CC................................Congregation of the
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus
Father)
S.S.Ch................................Sisters of Sainte
Chretienne
S.S.C.J...............................Sister Servants of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
S.S.C.M.............................Servants
of the Holy Heart of Mary
SS.C.M.......................The Sisters of Sts Cyril and
Methodius
S.S.C.M.E..........................Missionary
Society of St. Columban
S.S.D..................................Doctor of
Sacred Scripture
S.S.E..................................Society of St.
Edmund
S.S.E.W..............................Sister Servants of the
Eternal Word, Birmingham,
Alabama
S.S.F...................................Society of St. Francis
S.S.F.A...............................Sisters of the Holy Family
Associate
S.S.G..................................Sisters of St. Gregory,
Episcopal
S.S.H.J.P............................Servants of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Poor
S.S.J...................................St. Joseph's Society of the
Sacred Heart, Josephites
S.S.J...................................Sisters
of St. Joseph
S.S.J...................................Society of St.
John
S.S.J.E................................Society of St. John
the Evangelist, Anglican
S.S.J.-T.O.S.F....................Sisters
of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis
S.S.L...................................Licentiate in Sacred Scripture
S.S.M.................................Sisters
of the Sorrowful Mother of Saint Francis of
S.S.M.N.............................Sisters of St. Mary of Namur
S.S.M.O.............................Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
S.S.N.D..............................School Sisters of Notre Dame
S.S.P...................................Society of St. Paul the Apostle,
Pauline Fathers and Brothers
S.Sp.S.................................Misioneras Siervas del Espíritu
Santo
S.Sp.S.................................Holy Spirit Missionary
Sisters
S.Sp.S.A.P..........................Holy Spirit Adoration
Sisters (Pink Sisters)
S.S.P.X...............................Society of
St. Pius X
S.S.S...................................Congregation of the
Blessed Sacrament
Fathers
S.S.S...................................Societas Sanctissimi
Sacramenti (Sociedad del Santísimo Sacramento)
S.S.S.F................................School Sisters of St. Francis
S.S.s.T................................Society of the Most Holy Trinity
(the Trinitarians)
S.S.Th.................................Sisters of St
Therese of the Child Jesus (St Therese Sisters - Tanzania)
S.S.V.D.P...........................Society of St Vincent De Paul, (also
known by S.V.d.P and S.V.D.)
S.S.V.M.............................Servants
of the Lord and the Virgin of
Matara
St........................................Saint
S.T......................................Missionary
Servants of Most Holy Trinity
S.T.B..................................Bachelor of Sacred Theology
S.T.D..................................Doctor of Sacred
Theology
S.T.J...................................Society of St. Teresa of
Jesus, Teresians
S.T.J...................................Compañia
de Santa Teresa de Jesús
S.T.L...................................Licentiate in Sacred Theology
S.T.M.................................Master of Sacred
Theology
S.T.P...................................Professor of Sacred
Theology
S.U......................................Society of the Sisters
of St. Ursula
S.U.S.C...............................Holy Union
Sisters
S.V......................................Sisters of Life (Sorores
Vitae)
S.V......................................Sacra Virgra,
(consecrated Virgin) first found on tombs in the catacombs.
S.V.D..................................Society of the Divine Word,
Divine Word Missionaries
S.V.d.P................................Society
of St Vincent de Paul (also known by S.V.P. and
S.S.V.D.P)
S.V.P...................................Society of St. Vincent
de Paul (also known by S.S.V.D.P and
S.V.d.P)
S.X......................................Society for St Francis
Xavier for Foreign Missions, Xaverian
Missionary
S.X......................................Missionari
Saveriani
T.C......................................Religiosos
Terciarios Capuchinos
Th.D....................................Doctor of
Theology
T.I.C....................................Theatines Nuns
(Congregation of Theatines of Immaculate
Conception)
T.O.C..................................Third Order
Carmelite
T.O.D.C...............................Tertiary of the Order of
Discalced Carmelites
T.O.P...................................Third order
of Preachers
T.O.R..................................Third Order Regular
of St. Francis
T.O.S.D...............................Tertiary of the
Order of St. Dominic
T.O.S.F................................Tertiary of
Third Order of St. Francis
T.S.S.F.................................Third
Order of the Society of St.
Francis
U.S.C.C.B............................United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops
V or
Ven..............................Venerabilis,
Venerable
V.A......................................Vicar Apostolic
V.C......................................Vincentian
Congregation
V.C.M.A.............................Vincentian Retreat
Master
V.E......................................Verbo Encarnado,
Argentina
V.F.......................................Vicar Forane
V.G......................................Vicar General
V.H.M.................................The Visitation of Holy
Mary
V.S.C...................................Vincentian Sisters of
Charity
VV.......................................Venerabiles,
Venerables
W.F......................................WhiteFathers. Changed
to M.Afr, Society of the Missionaries of Africa
Y.C.M..................................Young Christian
Movement
Y.C.W/J.O.C.......................Young Christian Worker
Movement, the original Cardijn movement