List of defunct Catholic religious institutes

For current Catholic institutes, see List of religious institutes.

This page lists religious institutes of the Catholic Church that are now defunct. This refers to institutes that have merged, been suppressed, disbanded or died out.

• Merged refers to institutes who have either formed a new institute with another group, or joined another institute altogether.
• Suppressed refers to institutes who have been forcibly disbanded by an ecclesiastical or secular authority, usually for political or religious reasons.
• Disbanded refers to institutes who have decided to break up by the institute's own choice or authority, usually due to lack of numbers or a drastic change in circumstances or resources.
• Died out refers to institutes whose last living member has died.

The list given here includes not only examples of pontifical right institutes but also some that are only of diocesan right. It includes even some associations formed with a view to becoming religious institutes but were never canonically erected even on the diocesan level.

The list does not distinguish between institutes that historically would be classified either as "orders" or as "congregations."

List

Name	Post nominals	Year founded	Year defunct	Family	Reason	Notes
A
Autonomous Region of Sisters of Mercy of Papua New Guinea	R.S.M.	1956	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
B
Benedictine Congregation of Portugal and Brazil	O.S.B.	1597	1889	Benedictine	Suppressed
Brethren of the Common Life	F.V.C.	1370s	Early 1600s		Died out	One Lutheran house survived until 1841
Brothers of Our Lady of the Fields		1902	1931		Merged	Joined with the Clerics of Saint Viator
C
Catechist Missionary Sisters of St. John Bosco		1938			Died out
Celestine Order (Hermits of St. Damiano)	O.S.B. Cel.	1254	18th to early 20th century	Benedictine	Died out
Congregation of St. Mary	O.P.	1860	2009	Dominican	Merged
Congregation of St. Rose of Lima	O.P.	1950	2009	Dominican	Merged
D
Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick	F.M.S.I.	1935	1976		Disbanded
Dominicans of St. Catharine	O.P.	1822	2009	Dominican	Merged
Dominican Sisters of Great Bend, Kansas	O.P.	1902	2009	Dominican	Merged
Dominican Sisters of Newburgh	O.P.	1883	1995	Dominican	Merged	merged to form the Dominican Sisters of Hope
Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs	O.P.	1830	2009	Dominican	Merged
Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de' Ricci	O.P.	1880	2009	Dominican	Merged
Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena (Fall River)	O.P.	1891	1995	Dominican	Merged	merged with two other communities to form the Dominican Sisters of Hope
Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor	O.P.	1910	1995	Dominican	Merged
E
Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic	O.P.	1927	2009	Dominican	Merged
F
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Divine Child	F.M.D.C.	1927	2003	Franciscan	Merged	merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore	O.S.F.	1881	2001	Franciscan	Merged	merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G
Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular (Gilbertines)	GSmp (anachronistic)	1130	1539	Gilbertine	Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII	Revived in: 1983 (oblates in UK) 1998–2012 (Experiment in Brazil) 2017 (Canada)
H
Haudriettes		Early 14th century	c. 1789		Not restored after the French Revolution
Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony	C.R.S. Ant.	1095	1803		Suppressed
L
Little Brothers of St. Francis	L.B.S.F.	1970	2012	Franciscan	Disbanded
Livonian Order		1237	1561	Teutonic Order	Disbanded
O
Order of Reformed Friars Minor	O.F.M. Ref.	1532	1897	Franciscan	Merged
Order of Frontevrault (Fontevrists)		1099	1792		Suppressed
Order of Solomon's Temple	O.T.S.	1119	1312		Suppressed
Order of the Humiliati	O. Hum.	1140	1571		Suppressed
P
Priestly Fraternity "Familia Christi"	F.S.F.C.	2014	2019		Suppressed
S
Sisters of the Child Jesus of Aurillac	R.E.J.	1804	1952	Sisters of the Child Jesus	Merged
Sisters of the Child Jesus of Versailles	R.E.J.	1680	1949	Sisters of the Child Jesus	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Adelaide	R.S.M.	1880	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Auckland	R.S.M.	1850	2005	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Ballarat East	R.S.M.	1881	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Bathurst	R.S.M.	1866	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Bermondsey, London	R.S.M.	1839	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Birmingham	R.S.M.	1841	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Birr	R.S.M.	1840	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Cairns	R.S.M.	1888	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Carlow	R.S.M.	1837	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Charleville	R.S.M.	1836	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Christchurch	R.S.M.	1878	2005	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Cork	R.S.M.	1837	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Dunedin	R.S.M.	1897	2005	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Galway	R.S.M.	1840	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Goulburn	R.S.M.	1859	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Grafton	R.S.M.	1883	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Gunnedah	R.S.M.	1879	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Johannesburg	R.S.M.	1898	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Melbourne	R.S.M.	1857	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of New Jersey	R.S.M.	1873	1991	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Perth	R.S.M.	1846	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Rockhampton	R.S.M.	1873	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Singleton	R.S.M.	1875	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Townsville	R.S.M.	1878	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Tullamore	R.S.M.	1836	1994	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Wellington	R.S.M.	1861	2005	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of West Perth	R.S.M.	1896	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Mercy of Wilcannia-Forbes	R.S.M.	1890	2011	Sisters of Mercy	Merged
Sisters of Providence of Rodez	S.P.		1856	Sisters of Providence	Merged
Sisters of Reparation of the Congregation of Mary	S.R.C.M.	1903	2020		Died out	also known as the Sisters of St. Zita
Sisters of St. Dominic of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	O.P.	1929	2009	Dominican	Merged
Sisters of St. Francis of Maryville (Missouri)	S.S.M.	1894	1985	Franciscan	Merged
Sisters of St. Francis of Millvale	O.S.F.	1868	2007	Franciscan	Merged	merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Sisters of St. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin	O.S.F.	1895	2004	Franciscan	Merged	merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Sisters of St. Francis, Third Order Regular of Buffalo (Williamsville Franciscans)	O.S.F.	1863	2004	Franciscan	Merged	merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities
Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg	S.S.J.	1819	1996	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Cleveland	C.S.J.	1872	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Kyoto (Japan)	C.S.J.	1950	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Fall River, Massachusetts	C.S.J.	1902	1974	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario	C.S.J.	1851	2012	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of La Grange, Illinois	C.S.J.	1899	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario	C.S.J.	1868	2012	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille	C.S.J.	1854	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, Michigan	C.S.J.	1889	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Novara (Italy)	C.S.J.		2006	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Pembroke, Ontario	C.S.J.	1921	2012	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peterborough, Ontario	C.S.J.	1890	2012	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Superior, Michigan	C.S.J.			Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rhode Island	C.S.J.		1974	Sisters of St. Joseph
Sisters of St. Joseph of Rutland, Vermont	C.S.J.	1873	2001	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Susa (Italy)	C.S.J.		2006	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Tipton, Indiana	C.S.J.	1888	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Turin (Italy)	C.S.J.		2006	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling, West Virginia	C.S.J.	1853	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita, Kansas	C.S.J.	1883	2007	Sisters of St. Joseph	Merged
Sisters of St. Mary	S.S.M.	1872	1985	Franciscan	Merged
Sisters of St. Therese		1950	1968		Merged
Sisters of the Third Franciscan Order	O.S.F.	1860	2004	Franciscan	Merged
Society of Christ Our King		1931	Early 1970s		Disbanded
U
Ursuline Sisters of Pittsburgh			1958	Ursulines	Merged
V
Vincentian Sisters of Charity	V.S.C.	1902	2008	Vincentian-Setonian	Merged

References

Specific

• Former Religious Orders, GCatholic.org