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Largest Religious Institutes of Men
(Taken from CARA Report -- Vatican's 2002 Annuario Pontifico and the Official Catholic Directory.
The number in parentheses are men religious who are priests.)
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World |
USA |
| Jesuits |
21,147 (14,935) |
3,738 (3,097) |
| Salesians |
17,056 (11,234) |
353 (240) |
| Franciscans (Friars Minor) |
16,958 (11,266) |
2,170 (1,321) |
| Franciscans (Capuchins) |
11,321 (7,263 |
830 (596) |
| Benedictines |
7,995 (4,571) |
1,831 (1,256) |
| Brothers of Christian Schools |
6,487 |
937 |
| Dominicans |
6,359 (4,707) |
830 (642) |
| Society of Divine Word |
6,003 (3,799) |
413 (297) |
| Redemptorists |
5,730 (4,232) |
419 (375) |
| Marist Brothers |
4,867 |
246 |
| Oblates of Mary Immaculate |
4,760 (3,432) |
530 (441) |
| Franciscans (Conventual) |
4,523 (2,826) |
596 (469) |
| Vincentians |
4,105 (3,174) |
485 (423) |
| Discalced Carmelites |
3,942 (2,521) |
173 (124) |
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