Theatines
Sign in to saveThe Theatines, officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular (; abbreviated CR), are members of a Catholic order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men. The order was founded in virtue of faculties granted by Pope Clement VII on 24 June 1524 in the Brief Exponi Nobis.
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- Theatines
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- Order of Clerics Regular
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- la
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- Saint Cajetan (1480-1547), co-founder of the Theatines
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- CR
- Organization.founders
- Saint Gaetano Thiene, CRArchbishop Gian Pietro Carafa
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- Order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men
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- Sant'Andrea della VallePiazza Vidoni, 6 Rome, Italy
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- 161 members (124 priests)
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- 2020
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- Superior General
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- Salvador Rodea González, CR
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- Roman Catholic Church
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- Foundation
- Growth
- Decline of the Order
- Today
- Prominent members
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
The Theatines, officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular (; abbreviated CR), are members of a Catholic order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men. The order was founded in virtue of faculties granted by Pope Clement VII on 24 June 1524 in the Brief Exponi Nobis.
==Foundation== The order was founded by Saint Cajetan (Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene), by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa (afterwards Pope Paul IV), along with Paolo Consiglieri and Bonifacio da Colle. At the time Carafa was Bishop of Chieti. Chieti () is a city of the Abruzzi in Central Italy, from which the congregation adopted its specific name, to distinguish it from other congregations (Barnabites, Somaschi, Caracciolini, etc.) modelled upon it. The Theatines combined the pursuit of evangelical perfection traditional among religious orders with pastoral ministry generally expected of diocesan clergy. Their ideal was the reform and restoration of the clergy according to the model of the life of the Apostles, thereby edifying the laity and encouraging them in the practice of virtue.