Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

Also known as OFMCap, O.F.M.Cap., Capuchins, O.F.M.C.

religious order of Franciscan friars

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Formation: Founded: 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi and until the reformation aimed at regaining the original spirit of St. Francis and the Original Habit of St. Francis remained as the part of main branches. Capuchin Reformation started in 1525 .
Founder: St. Francis of Assisi , Reformed as Capuchins by Matteo Serafini
Type: Mendicant Order of Pontifical Right (for men)
Headquarters: Via Piemonte 70, Rome , Italy
Members: 10,349 (6,882 priests) (2020)
Minister general: Roberto Genuin, OFMCap
Post nominal initials: OFMCap
Website: ofmcap.org

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Official website: www.ofmcap.org
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The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (/ˈkæpət͡ʃɪn/ KA-pə-chin; Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three "First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv). Franciscans reformed as Capuchins in 1525 with the purpose of regaining the original Habit (tunic) of St. Francis of Assisi and also for returning to a stricter observance of the rule established by Francis in 1209.

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