Theatines
Order of Clerics Regular | |
Latin: Ordo Clericorum Regularium | |
Saint Cajetan (1480-1547), co-founder of the Theatines | |
| Abbreviation | CR |
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| Formation | 14 September 1524 |
| Founders | Saint Gaetano Thiene, CR Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa |
| Type | Order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men |
| Headquarters | Sant'Andrea della Valle Piazza Vidoni, 6 Rome, Italy |
| Members | 161 members (124 priests) (2020) |
| Salvador Rodea González, CR | |
Parent organization | Roman Catholic Church |
| Website | teatinos |
The Theatines, officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular (Latin: Ordo Clericorum Regularium; 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.