List of communities using the Tridentine Mass

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Members of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome.

Despite the liturgical reform that took place in the Latin Church by the introduction of a new form of the Roman Rite in the late 1960s, some communities have continued to celebrate the traditional liturgical rites, or have adopted them later. This includes priestly societies and religious institutes which use some pre-1970 edition of the Roman Missal or of a similar missal in communion with the Holy See. The following list includes those communities, as well as groups that are not in full communion with the Holy See, with these being demarcated in two main sections. Most use a pre-1970 edition of the Roman Missal, usually the 1962 Missal, but some follow other Latin liturgical rites and thus celebrate not the Tridentine Mass but a form of liturgy permitted under the 1570 papal bull Quo primum. Many of these communities describe themselves as traditionalist Catholics.

The pre-1970 Roman Missal was never abrogated by the Catholic Church, yet it was rarely used and some times prohibited post-Vatican II. To clarify the fact that the traditional Roman Rite had never been abrogated, and expand the liturgy's use, Pope Benedict XVI issued in 2007 a motu proprio titled Summorum Pontificum. In 2021, Pope Francis abrogated these more expansive permissions with his motu proprio Traditionis custodes, seeking to emphasize the celebration of the more commonly used Mass of Paul VI.

This list makes a distinction between those communities using the Tridentine (or other traditional) Rite exclusively, and those which normally celebrate in both forms (Ordinary and Extraordinary) as part of their charism (classified here as bi-formal). It must be noted that those communities using exclusively the traditional rites, may rarely also celebrate or concelebrate Mass in the Ordinary Form, for example, as an external sign of ecclesial communion with a local bishop in the Chrism Mass, or in other particular occasions. However, as the Ordinary Form is not a normal and expected part of their charism, this sporadic celebrations do not turn them into bi-formal for the effects of this classification.

As of 2023, the largest priestly communities using the Tridentine Mass exclusively are the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) with 386 priests, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) with 147 priests and Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP) with 62 priests.

List of communities

Church jurisdictions

Clerical societies

Male religious

Exclusively traditional Mass


France

Italy

Spain

  • Fraternitas Christi Sacerdotis et Beatae Mariae Reginae

United States

  • Benedictines – Sprague, Washington
  • Brothers, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Still River, Massachusetts
  • Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist – Park Hills, Kentucky
  • The Discalced Carmelite Hermits of Our Lady of Mt Carmel


Not exclusively traditional Mass

International

  • Fraternitas Beatissimae Virginis Mariae: Comunitates Iesus Sacerdos et Rex (Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Community of Jesus Priest and King) (Houses in: Bagnoregio, Rome, and Genoa, Italy | Mailley le Château, France)

Canada

England

France

  • Benedictines - Chavagnes-en-Paillers

Ireland

Italy

  • Opus Mariae Matris Ecclesiae – Lunigiana

United States

  • Apostles of Jesus Christ, Priest and Victim – Northlake, Illinois
  • Austrian Congregation of Canons Regular – Canonry of Saint Leopold, Glen Cove, NY
  • Congregation of the Oratory of Pharr – Pharr, Texas
  • The Contemplatives of St. Joseph Monastic Order – San Francisco, California
  • Franciscans of Mary Immaculate – Warsaw, North Dakota
  • Holy Rosary Priory – Portland, Oregon – Dominican Rite
  • The Institute of Saint Joseph – Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • Knights of the Holy Eucharist – Waverly, Nebraska
  • Order of Carmelites – Troy, New York – Carmelite Rite

Wales

  • The Cardiff Oratory

Do not offer Mass themselves

  • Marian Friars Minor – Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
  • Militia Templi – a lay society

Female religious

Exclusively traditional Mass

Colombia

England

France

  • Abbaye Notre-Dame de L'Annonciation (The Benedictine Nuns of Le Barroux) – Le Barroux
  • Chanoinesses de la Mère de Dieu (Canonesses of the Mother of God) – Azille

Italy

  • Benedictine nuns of the Immaculate - Villatalla

Liechtenstein

  • Sisters of the Precious Blood – Schellenberg

Mexico

  • Religiosas Ecuménicas de Guadalupe – Tijuana, Baja California

New Zealand

Spain

  • Oasis de Jesús Sacerdote (The Oasis of Jesus Priest)

Sweden

  • Marias Lamm, Sankt Josefs Kloster - Imbramåla

Switzerland

  • Sisters of the Precious Blood – St. Pelagiberg

United States

  • Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles – Gower, Missouri
  • Brigittini Servitores Sanctissimi Salvatoris Institute – Tyler, Texas
  • Discalced Carmelites of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – Valparaiso, Nebraska
  • Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of the Holy Spirit – Littleton, Colorado
  • Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Monastery of the Little Flower of Jesus – Jacksonville, Florida
  • Discalced Carmelites of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph - Post Falls, Idaho
  • Filiae Laboris Mariae - Fort Scott, Kansas
  • Poor Clare Nuns of Annunciation Monastery – Minooka, Illinois
  • Servants of the Children of Light – Mandan, North Dakota
  • Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Saint Benedict Center – Still River, Massachusetts

Not exclusively traditional Mass

International

  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate (Missions in: Philippines | Kazakhstan | Holy Land | United States | Brazil | Argentina | Benin | Nigeria | Italy | United Kingdom | Poland | Portugal)
    • Contemplative Sisters of the Immaculate (Houses in: Imperia and Perugia, Italy | Cebu, Philippines)
  • Trinitarians of Mary (Houses in: San Diego and West Covina, California | Lowell, Michigan | Guadalajara and Tecate, Mexico) Their institute was suppressed by Pope Francis on May 13, 2022, so they are no longer a religious entity within the Catholic Church and their vows were terminated.

England

France

  • Benedictines – Rosans

Italy

  • Fraternitas Beatissimae Virginis Mariae: Comunitas Agnus Dei (Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Community of the Lamb of God) – (Houses in: Bagnoregio | Gavi)

United States

  • Children of Mary – Ohio (Houses in: Cincinnati | Newark)
  • The Contemplatives of St. Joseph – San Francisco, California
  • Carmelite Daughters of Elias
  • Discalced Carmelites of the Carmelite Monastery of the Infant of Prague – Traverse City, Michigan
  • Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – Kensington, California
  • Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope – Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Dominican Nuns of the Monastery of St. Jude – Marbury, Alabama – Dominican Rite and Tridentine Mass
  • Franciscan Daughters of Mary – Covington, Kentucky
  • Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts (Houses in: Connecticut | Philadelphia, PA | Riverdale, MD | Washington, DC)
  • Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa – Santa Rosa, California
  • Norbertine Canonesses – Tehachapi, California – Premonstratensian Rite
  • Poor Sisters of St. Clare at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery – Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church – Spokane, Washington

List of communities not in full communion with the Holy See

  • Society of Saint Pius X
  • SSPX Resistance
    • Society of St. Pius X– Marian Corp (SSPX-MC)
    • Société Sacerdotale des Apôtres de Jésus et Marie (SAJM)
    • Dominican-inspired Dominicans of Avrille - France
    • Família Beatae Mariae Virginis - Brasil
    • Benedictines-inspired Mosteiro da Santa Cruz - Brasil
    • Fraternidade Ordem da Mãe de Deus - Brasil
    • Benedictines-inspired Monastère Notre-Dame de Bellaigue - France
    • Missionary Sisters of Jesus and Mary - Nigeria

Sedevacantist groups

Sedeprivationist groups

Independent groups

See also

Notes

References

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