Fatebenefratelli | |
Abbreviation | OH |
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Formation | 1572 |
Founder | John of God |
Founded at | Toledo |
Type | Mendicant order of pontifical right |
Legal status | Institute of Consecrated Life |
Membership | 1,039 (including 116 priests)[citation needed] |
Motto | Caritas |
General Headquarters | Fatebenefratelli – Curia Generalizia, 138 Via della Nocetta 263 Rome, Italy, 00164 |
Prior general | Jesús Etayo Arrondo |
Affiliations | Catholic Church |
Website | ohsjd |
The Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, officially the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God (abbreviated as OH), are a Catholic religious order founded in 1572. In Italian they are also known commonly as the Fatebenefratelli, meaning "Do-Good Brothers", and elsewhere as the "Brothers of Mercy", the "Merciful Brothers" and the "John of God Brothers". The order carries out a wide range of health and social service activities in 389 centres and services in 46 countries.