List of religious orders in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond Counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is home to a large number of religious orders and congregations. While there are not as many today in 2007 as there were in 1957, they still make up a large population of the archdiocese.

In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and holy sisters ministering in the Archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders.

As of 2004, there were 913 priests of religious orders ministering in the archdiocese. As of 2008, 2,911 religious sisters and nuns and 368 religious brothers minister in the archdiocese. These religious come from over 120 different religious congregations and orders.

Male religious orders in the archdiocese

Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) ... The Augustinians staff St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish in the Bronx

Secular Franciscan Order.

Female religious orders in the archdiocese

Religious orders no longer operating in the archdiocese

Seminaries and novitiates run by religious orders

Novitiates

Seminaries

Locations of former convents/brothers' residences

Years in parenthesis are the last known date active for the organization:

References

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