The order founded its seminary in 1880 and run many parishes in the Middle East.

The order founded the Ecuadorean University of Quito in 1586.

Adi was celebrated on account of his saintly life, founded a religious order called after himself, al-Adawiya.

Catholic religious orders founded many of Australia's hospitals.

This was the period when the various Sufi orders or tariqas were founded, each with its particular interpretation of the mystical faith.

Nyingma, The Ancient Ones, the oldest and original order founded by Padmasambhava.

In 1309, the order founded on the island of Rhodes a sovereign knightly state.

The order founded St. Charles in 1907.

This religious order founded a women's college and high school in Sinsinawa in 1865.

Churches were dedicated to him, and a military order of knights founded in his name.