List of communities using the Tridentine Mass explained

Despite the Tridentine Mass being supplanted by a new form of the Roman Rite Mass, some communities continued celebrating pre-conciliar rites or 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 who are in full communion with the Catholic Church, 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 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.

The use of a pre-1970 Roman Missal has never been prohibited by the Catholic Church. Despite never being suppressed by the Church, it was rarely used post-Vatican II. To clarify the fact that the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite has 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 Ordinary Form of the Mass.

Many of these communities describe themselves as traditionalist Catholics.

As of 2023, the largest priestly communities using the Tridentine Mass exclusively are Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) with 707 priests, Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) with 368 priests, Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) with 147 priests and Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP) with 61 priests.

Communities in full communion with the Holy See

Priestly institutes

Exclusively traditional Mass

International

• Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
  • 368 priests, 201 seminarians (2023)
  • (Houses in: Australia | Austria | Belgium | Canada | Colombia | Czech Republic | Finland | France | Germany | Ireland | Italy | Mexico | Netherlands | New Zealand | Nigeria | Poland | Spain | Switzerland | United Kingdom | United States)
• Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
  • 147 priests, 108 seminarians (2023)
  • (Houses in: United Kingdom | France | Belgium | Germany | Switzerland | Ireland | Italy | Sweden | Spain | Gibraltar | Gabon | Mauritius | United States)^[1]
• Institute of the Good Shepherd
  • 61 priests, 46 seminarians (2023)^[2]
  • (Houses in: Brazil | Colombia | Costa Rica | France | Italy | Kenya | Poland | Uganda | United States)

Male religious

Exclusively traditional Mass

International

• Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (Houses in: New Zealand | Scotland | United States)

Australia

• Benedictines – Colebrook, Tasmania

Czech Republic

• Cistercians – Vyšší Brod – with Cistercian Propers

France

• Benedictines – Le Barroux
• Benedictines – Fontgombault
• Benedictines – Saint Pierre de Clairac
• Benedictines – Triors
• Benedictines – Wisques
• Canons Regular of the Mother of God
• Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer – Dominican Rite
• Missionary Society of Divine Mercy
• Religious Institute of the Holy Cross of Riaumont

Germany

• Institute of St. Philip Neri – Berlin

Ireland

• Benedictines – Silverstream

Italy

• Benedictines – Norcia Abbey
• Benedictines of the Immaculate – Taggia^[3]

Spain

• Fraternitas Christi Sacerdotis et Beatae Mariae Reginae
• Oasis de Jesús Sacerdote

United States

• Benedictines – Clear Creek, Oklahoma
• Benedictines – Sprague, Washington
• Brothers, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Still River, Massachusetts
• Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem – Charles Town, West Virginia
• Canons Regular of St. Thomas Aquinas – Springfield, Illinois
• Missionaries of Saint John the Baptist – Park Hills, Kentucky
• Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel – Cody, Wyoming – Carmelite Rite
• The Discalced Carmelite Hermits of Our Lady of Mt Carmel^[4]

Not exclusively traditional Mass

International

• Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (Houses in: Argentina | Austria | Benin | Brazil | Cameroon | France | Italy | Nigeria | Philippines | Portugal | United States)
• 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)
• Servi Jesu et Mariae (Servants of Jesus and Mary) (Houses in: Austria | Belgium | France | Germany | Kazakhstan)

Australia

• The Brisbane Oratory

Canada

• The Toronto Oratory

England

• Benedictines – Belmont
• Benedictines – Farnborough
• The Birmingham Oratory
• Dominicans – Cambridge – Dominican Rite
• Dominicans – London – Dominican Rite
• The London Oratory
• The Oxford Oratory
• Marian Franciscans
• Premonstratensians – Chelmsford – Premonstratensian Rite
• The York Oratory
• The Manchester Oratory

France

• Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian
• Fraternity saint Thomas Becket^[5]
• Benedictines - Chavagnes-en-Paillers^[6]

Ireland

• The Dublin Oratory in Formation

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
• Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius – Chicago, Illinois
• 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
• Premonstratensians – Silverado, California
• Order of Carmelites – Troy, New York – Carmelite Rite^[7]

Wales

• The Cardiff Oratory

Do not offer Mass themselves

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

Female religious

Exclusively traditional Mass

International

• Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest (Houses in: England | France | Germany | Ireland | Italy | Switzerland | United States)^[8] – associated with the Institute of Christ the King

Australia

• Discalced Carmelites of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – Mathoura, New South Wales

Colombia

• Esclavas Reparadoras de la Sagrada Familia (Reparative Slaves of the Holy Family) – Bogotá – associated with the Institute of the Good Shepherd

England

• Carmelite Monastery of the Annunciation – Birkenhead
• Lanherne Carmelite Convent (used by contemplative branch of Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate) - Lanherne

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
• Religieuses Victimes du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus – Chavagnes-en-Paillers

Italy

• Benedictine nuns of the Immaculate - Villatalla^{[9] [10]}

Liechtenstein

• Sisters of the Precious Blood – Schellenberg

Mexico

• Religiosas Ecuménicas de Guadalupe – Tijuana, Baja California

New Zealand

• Daughters of the Most Holy Redeemer – associated with Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer

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 – Fairfield, Pennsylvania ^[11]
• 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^[12]
• Filiae Laboris Mariae - Fort Scott, Kansas ^[13]
• 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)

England

• Benedictines – Herefordshire

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

Others

• Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney
• Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden Hermitage – Warfhuizen

Communities not in full communion with the Holy See

• Society of Saint Pius X
  • 3 bishops, 707 priests, 185 seminarians (2022)
    • SSPX-affiliated religious orders
• SSPX Resistance
  • Society of St. Pius X– Marian Corp (SSPX-MC)
  • Société Sacerdotale des Apôtres de Jésus et Marie (SAJM)^[14]
  • Dominican-inspired Dominicans of Avrille^[15] - France
  • Família Beatae Mariae Virginis^[16] - Brasil
  • Benedictines-inspired Mosteiro da Santa Cruz^[17] - Brasil
  • Fraternidade Ordem da Mãe de Deus^[18] - Brasil
  • Missionary Sisters of Jesus and Mary - Nigeria
• Roman Catholic Society of Pope Leo XIII (RCSPLXIII)^[19]
• Servants of the Holy Family
• Benedictines-inspired Monastère Notre-Dame de Bellaigue - France
• Benedictines-inspired Monastère Saint-Benoît, Brignoles, Frejus-Toulon
• Benedictines-inspired Skita Patrum - France^[20]
• Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery^[21] - Arlington, Texas.

Sedevacantist groups

• Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen CMRI
  • The Sisters of Mary Immaculate Queen^[22]
  • The Religious Congregation of the Mother of God^[23]
  • Obra Mariana Carmelitana - Mexico
• Sociedad Sacerdotal Trento,SST^[24] - Mexico
• Society of Saint Pius V SSPV
  • Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior
• Guild of St. Peter ad Vincula^[25]
• St. Gertrude the Great Church
• Fundación San Vicente Ferrer - Mexico
• Compañía de Jesús y María
• Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas - Florida

Sedeprivationist groups

• Istituto Mater Boni Consilii
• Orthodox Roman Catholic Movement
• Roman Catholic Institute ^[26]
  • Sisters of Saint Thomas Aquinas^[27] - Brooksville, Florida

Independent groups

• Fraternité Notre-Dame
• Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Richmond, New Hampshire)

See also

• List of Traditional Catholic groups

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calendrier 2023 . www.icrsp.org/index.htm.
2. Web site: Rentrée au séminaire : 17 nouveaux séminaristes pour l’Institut du Bon Pasteur. www.seminairesaintvincent.fr.
3. Web site: 2023-05-09 . Benedictines of the Immaculate – Information on the Benedictine monks transferred from Villatalla to Taggia . 2023-06-13 . en-GB.
4. Web site: The Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel . 2023-12-27 . en-US.
5. Web site: Accueil FRATERNITE ST THOMAS BECKET . 2024-07-28 . AssoConnect . fr.
6. Web site: About us . 2023-06-13 . Mysite . en.
7. Web site: Home . 2023-10-01 . www.stjosephcatholicchurch-troy.org.
8. Web site: Our houses . 2023-02-15 . adoratrices.icrss.org . en-gb.
9. Web site: CALL TO CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE – Benedictines of the Immaculate . 2024-06-11 . www.benedictins-de-immaculee.com.
10. Web site: HISTORY Benedictines of the Immaculate . 2024-07-31 . en-US.
11. Web site: fairfieldcarmelites.org. fairfieldcarmelites.org. 20 August 2023.
12. Web site: 2019-02-08 . Discalced Carmelites of Jesus, Mary and Joseph . 2024-07-08 . Cloistered Life . en-US.
13. Web site: Sisters of the New Convent Are Here Fort Scott Biz . 2024-07-10 . fortscott.biz.
14. Web site: SAJM – Séminaire de Morannes – SAJM – Société des apôtres de Jésus et de Marie – Séminaire de Morannes. apotresdejesusetdemarie.fr. 20 August 2023.
15. Web site: Welcome!. Dominicans of Avrille, France. 20 August 2023.
16. Web site: Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Fé e Rosário. fbmvm.blogspot.com. 20 August 2023.
17. Web site: Mosteiro da Santa Cruz. Mosteiro da Santa Cruz. 20 August 2023.
18. Web site: Home. Saletianos. 20 August 2023.
19. Web site: Roman Catholic Society of Pope Leo XIII – Roman Catholic Church of England and Wales . catholicchurchofenglandandwales.com. 17 July 2024.
20. Web site: Skita Patrum, moines de Saint-Victor, Cantal. Skita Patrum. 20 August 2023.
21. Web site: Homepage . 2024-07-28 . www.carmelnuns.com.
22. Web site: CMRI Sisters . 10 August 2016 .
23. Web site: CMD Sisters Stella Maris Newsletter .
24. Web site: Sociedad Sacerdotal Trento – Obispo en Misiones .
25. Web site: Huber . Gregor H. . The first visit of Bishop Thomas Huber to Moscow . 18 April 2024 . 28 November 2021.
26. Web site: About Us – Roman Catholic Institute .
27. Web site: Home | Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas | Florida | Women Religious. Sisters. 20 August 2023.