rank and authority, the abbot primate's "position with regard to the other abbots [throughout the world] is to be understood rather from the analogy of a primate in a hierarchy than from that of the general of an order like the Dominicans and Jesuits." The Canons Regular of Saint Augustine are in a situation similar to that of the Benedictines. They are organized in eight "congregations", each headed by an "abbot general", but also have an "Abbot Primate of the Confederated Canons Regular of Saint Augustine". And the Cistercians are in thirteen "congregations", each headed by an "abbot general" or an "abbot president", but do not use the title of "abbot primate". List of religious orders of men in the Annuario Pontificio The Annuario Pontificio presents the list of male religious institutes in an "Elenco Storio-Giuridico di Precedenza" (Historical-Juridical List of Precedence). This list gives priority to certain types of institutes: Orders (divided into Canons Regular, Monastics, Mendicant Orders, Clerics Regular), Clerical Religious Congregations, Lay Religious Congregations, Eastern Religious Congregations, Secular Institutes, Societies of Apostolic Life. The list is found in the 1964 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, pp. 807–870, where the heading is "States of Perfection (of pontifical right for men)". In the 1969 edition the heading is "Religious and Secular institutes of Pontifical Right for Men", a form it kept until 1975. Since 1976, when work was already advanced on revising the Code of Canon Law, the list has been qualified as "historical-juridical". Religious orders of women in the Annuario Pontificio The list of religious institutes for women in the Annuario Pontificio does not distinguish between orders (with solemn vows) and congregations (with simple vows). Many of the religious orders for men listed above have comparable religious institutes for women with solemn vows. See also General Christian monasticism Christian Religious Profession Christian Monastic Vows Provida Mater Ecclesia Catholic Order Rites Major Orders (Holy Orders) Enclosed religious orders Military religious orders Secular orders (Third orders) Lists Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life List of Catholic religious institutes List of military orders List of Societies of apostolic life References External links Official websites Acronyms and denominations Lists (searchable directory of men's and women's Catholic religious communities) (Comprehensive guide of men's and women's religious communities in the U.S. and Canada with links and vocation opportunities) Organisation of Catholic religious orders Catholic canonical structures