Discalced Augustinians

Order of Discalced Augustinians
Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum
AbbreviationOAD
Formation1592 (1592)
Founded atNaples, Italy
TypeMendicant Order of Pontifical Right (for Men)
HeadquartersSanta Maria della Consolazione,
Piazza Ottavilla, 1
00152 Rome
Members221 (144 priests) as of 2018
Motto
Latin: Vulnerasti cor meum verbo tuo (English: 'Your word has pierced my heart')
Prior General
Nei Marcio Simon, OAD
Vicar General
Renan William Ilustrisimo, OAD
Websiteoadnet.org

The Order of Discalced Augustinians (Latin: Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum; abbreviation: OAD) is a mendicant order that branched off from the Order of Saint Augustine as a reform movement.

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