Home›Catholic Religious Orders and Congregations›Origin Period Start Year›18th centuryBrowse By18th 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.Facts18th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 118th centuryFilter Results5 entriesRooted InAllRoman Catholicism (4)Originated InAllFrance (2)Italy (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (5)The vernacular (5)Ordination PracticeAllHoly Orders / Apostolic Succession (5)Vowed Religious Profession (not ordained) (5)Doctrinal PositionAllCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority (5)TraditionAllRoman Catholicism (3)Kind of orderAllCatholic Religious Orders and Congregations (5)Who may joinAllLay and Ordained Together (5)Women Only (1)ApostolateAllMissionary Work (1)Preaching (5)Teaching and Education (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Company of Mary18th centuryCongregation of Christian Retreat18th centuryCongregation of the Holy Spirit18th centuryPassionists18th centurySociety of the Sacred Heart18th 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.