Histories of Religious Orders and Congregations

Rel. Order Date Centre Established Official Name

(FIELDS) Founded (FIELDS) in Aust.

1. ADORATION 1874 Brisbane 1874 Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (RPA)

2. BENEDICTINES 500’s Sydney 1848 Order of St. Benedict (OSB)

3. BRIGIDINES 1807 NSW 1883 Sisters of St. Brigid (CSB)

4. BRIGIDINES 1807 Victoria 1886 " " " "

5. CARMELITES 1562 Sydney 1885 Discalced Nuns of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel (OCD)

6. CHARITY 1815 Sydney 1838 Sisters of Charity of Australia (RSC)

7. CLUNY 1807 Victoria 1903-12 Missionary Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny (SJC)

8. DOMINICANS 1206 East Aust. 1867 Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia (OP)

9. DOMINICANS 1206 Adelaide,C. 1869 Holy Cross Congregation of Dominican Sisters (OP)

10. DOMINICANS 1844 Adelaide,N 1883 Dominican Sisters of North Adelaide (OP)

11. DOMINICANS 1206 West Aust 1899 Dominican Sisters of Western Aust. (OP)

12. FCJ 1820 Melbourne 1882 Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ)

13. GOOD SHEP 1835 Melbourne 1863 Good Shepherd Sisters (RGS)

14. GOOD SAMS 1857 Sydney 1857 Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict (SGS)

15. JOSEPHITES 1866 Penola 1866 Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (RSJ)

16. JOSEPHITES 1872 Goulburn 1882 Sisters of St. Joseph (RSJ)

17. JOSEPHITES 1872 Lochinvar 1883 " " " " "

18. JOSEPHITES 1872 Perthville 1872 " " " " "

19. JOSEPHITES 1872 Tasmania 1887 " " " " "

20. LCM 1877 Sydney 1885 Little Company of Mary (LCM)

21. L SRS POOR 1839 Melbourne 1884 Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP)

22. LORETO 1609 Ballarat 1875 Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM)

23. MARIST 1817 Sydney 1908 Congregation of Mary (SM)

24. MERCY 1831 Adelaide 1880 Sisters of Mercy (RSM)

25. MERCY 1831 Ballarat 1881 " " " "

26. MERCY 1831 Bathurst 1866 " " " "

27. MERCY 1831 Brisbane 1861 " " " "

28. MERCY 1831 Cairns 1884 " " " "

29. MERCY 1831 Emmaville 1885 " " " "

30. MERCY 1831 Goulburn 1859 " " " "

31. MERCY 1831 Grafton 1883 " " " "

32. MERCY 1831 Gunnedah 1887 " " " "

33. MERCY 1831 Melbourne 1857 " " " "

34. MERCY 1831 Mt.Gambier 1880 " " " "

35. MERCY 1831 Parramatta 1883 " " " "

36. MERCY 1831 Perth 1846 " " " "

37. MERCY 1831 Rockhamptn 1873 " " " "

38. MERCY 1831 Singleton 1875 " " " "

39. MERCY 1831 Sydney,Nth 1865 " " " "

40. MERCY 1831 Townsville 1878 " " " "

41. MERCY 1831 West Perth 1896 " " " "

42. MERCY 1831 Parkes 1932 " " " "

43. MISSIONS 1861 Perth 1897 Congregation of Our Lady of the

Missions (RNDM)

44. NAZARETH 1851 Ballarat 1888 Congreg.of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth (PSN)

45. OLSH 1874 Sydney 1885 Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (FDNSC)

46. OL NURSES 1913 Sydney 1913 Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor(OLN)

47. POOR CLARES 1212 Sydney 1883 Order of St. Clare (OSC)

48. PBVM 1775 Lismore 1886 Congregation of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM)

49. PBVM 1775 Queensland 1900 " " " " " " "

50. PBVM 1775 Tasmania 1866 " " " " " " "

51. PBVM 1775 Victoria 1873 " " " " " " "

52. PBVM 1775 Wagga 1874 " " " " " " "

53 PBVM 1775 West Aust 1900 " " " " " " "

54. RSCJ 1800 Sydney 1882 Religious of the Sacred Heart

55. S HEART 1866 Young 1910-25 Sister Servants of the Sacred Heart

56. SION 1863 Melbourne 1890 Our Lady of Sion Sisters (NDS)

57. SJA 1832 Perth 1855 Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA)

58 SMSM 1845 Sydney 1858 Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM)

59. ST TERESA 1876 New Norcia 1904-10 The Company of St. Teresa

60. ST JNO GOD 1871 Perth 1895 Sisters of St.John of God (SJG)

61.URSULINE 1535 Armidale 1882 Order of St. Ursula of the Roman Union (OSU)