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Institutes of Consecrated Life

Name	Abbreviation	Nickname	Type
Adorers of the Blood of Christ	A.S.C.		Centralized Institutes
Canossian Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor	F. d. C. C.	Canossian Sisters	Centralized Institutes
Carmelitas Misioneras	C. M.		Centralized Institutes
Carmelite Sisters of Charity	C.C.V.		Centralized Institutes
Compagnia di Santa Teresa di Gesù	S.T.J.		Centralized Institutes
Congregação das Irmãs Franciscanas Hospitaleiras da Imaculada Conceição	C.O.N.F.H.I.C.		Centralized Institutes
Congregatio Jesu	C. J.		Centralized Institutes
Congregation of Mother of Carmel (Syro-Malabar)	C.M.C.	Carmelamthavinte Sabha	Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd	R.B.P.		Centralized Institutes
Congregation of the Religious of Jesus-Mary	R.J.M.		Centralized Institutes
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy	R.S.M.		Centralized Institutes
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Ann	S.S.A.		Centralized Institutes
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice	C.S.S.F.	Felician Sisters	Centralized Institutes
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres	S.P.C.		Centralized Institutes
Daughters of Divine Love	D.D.L.		Centralized Institutes
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians	F. M. A.	Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco	Centralized Institutes
Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy	D.M.M.M.		Centralized Institutes
Daughters of Saint Anne - Ranchi	D.S.A.		Centralized Institutes
Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin (Tours)	O. P.		Centralized Institutes
Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice (Salesiane di Don Bosco)	F.M.A.		Centralized Institutes
Francescane Missionarie di Gesù Bambino (Suore)	F.M.G.B.		Centralized Institutes
Franciscan Clarist Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	F.C.C.		Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary			Centralized Institutes
The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist	F.S.E.		Centralized Institutes
Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary's Congregation of Pondicherry	F.I.H.M.		Centralized Institutes
Hermanas de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación	N.S.C.		Centralized Institutes
Holy Family of Bordeaux	S.F.B.		Centralized Institutes
Holy Family Sisters (Syro-Malabar)	C.H.F.		Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
La Xavière, Missionnaires du Christ Jésus	Xavière		Centralized Institutes
Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly	H.A.D.		Centralized Institutes
Little Sisters of the Poor	P. S. D. P.		Centralized Institutes
Misioneras Hijas de la Sagrada Familia de Nazaret	M.H.S.F.N.		Centralized Institutes
Missionaries of Charity	M. C.	Sisters of Mother Teresa	Centralized Institutes
Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing	O.S.B.T.		Centralized Institutes
Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians	MSMHC		Centralized Institutes
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit	C.M.S.Sp.S.		Centralized Institutes
Order of the Company of Mary, Our Lady	O.D.N.	Lestonnac	Centralized Institutes
Pious Disciples of the Divine Master	P.D.D.M.		Centralized Institutes
Pious Society Daughters of St. Paul	F. S. P.		Centralized Institutes
Religious of the Assumption	R.A.		Centralized Institutes
Sacred Heart Congregation (Syro-Malabar)	S.H.		Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate	S.M.M.I.		Centralized Institutes
School Sisters of Notre Dame	S.S.N.D.		Centralized Institutes
Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick	S. de M.		Centralized Institutes
Siostry Służebniczki Najświętszej Maryi Niepokalanie Poczętej	NMP NP		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Syro-Malabar)	S.A.B.S.		Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary	S.C.J.M.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret	S. D. C.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa	S.C.C.G.	Sisters of Holy Child Mary	Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Charity of St. Anne	H.C.S.A.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas	R. S. M.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross	S.C.S.C.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Notre Dame	S.N.D.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny	S. J. C.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity	O. S. F.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry	C.S.J.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel	A.C.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod	S.C.C.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Destitute (Syro-Malabar)	S.D.		Eastern Religious or Secular Institute
Sisters of the Holy Cross Menzingen	H.C.M.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth	C.S.F.N.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ	I.H.M.		Centralized Institutes
Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany	B. S.	Bethany Sisters	Centralized Institutes
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (S. Sofia Barat)	R.S.C.J.		Centralized Institutes
Suore Missionarie della Consolata	M. C.		Centralized Institutes
Suore Missionarie, Pie Madri della Nigrizia	S.M.C.	Comboni Missionary Sisters	Centralized Institutes
Teresian Carmelites of Verapoly	C.T.C.		Centralized Institutes
Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk	O.S.U.		Centralized Institutes
Ursulines of the Roman Union	O. S. U.		Centralized Institutes

Societies of Apostolic Life

Name	Abbreviation	Nickname
Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	F.D.C.

Note: The above lists are very substantially incomplete.

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