How to identify a Catholic 'order' from initials that follow a nun or priest's name?

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Here is a partial list of orders with members who are/were bishops. That is this list contains only males religious societies.

Here is another 800 abbreviations including women religious.

Annuario Pontificio lists all the existing approved and recognized Catholic religious orders. You can see the 2011 list here.

That should help you to some extent. But please note that it is nearly impossible to list all religious organizations that exists now and has existed before. Religious organizations in their early stages can be limited to only certain diocese to function under the jurisdiction of a diocesan bishop.

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