Home›Catholic Religious Orders and Congregations›Origin Period Start Year›16th centuryBrowse By16th centuryThis page groups religious orders by the year they were founded. Wikipedia notes that "religious life began in the Latin Church as early as the 3rd century, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in the 6th, in 529." Browsing by founding year lets a visitor compare how old one order is against another.Facts16th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 116th centuryFilter Results6 entriesFounded ByAllPhilip Neri (1)Rooted InAllRoman Catholicism (5)Originated InAllItaly (3)Spain (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (6)The vernacular (6)Ordination PracticeAllHoly Orders / Apostolic Succession (6)Vowed Religious Profession (not ordained) (6)Doctrinal PositionAllCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority (6)TraditionAllRoman Catholicism (5)Kind of orderAllCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations (6)Who may joinAllLay and Ordained Together (6)Men Only (2)ApostolateAllContemplative or Monastic Prayer (1)Preaching (6)Teaching and Education (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 6Barnabites16th centuryChristian Doctrine Fathers16th centuryDiscalced Carmelites16th centuryOratory of Saint Philip Neri16th centuryPiarists16th centuryTheatines16th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.