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Eastern
Catholic Churches
Eastern Catholic Churches are a group of Catholic denominations
that trace their origins back to the early days of Christianity,
when Christianity was a single church, but with a variety
of different traditions. Over time, these traditions diverged,
and the Eastern Catholic Churches eventually separated from
the Western Catholic Church in the Great Schism of 1054.
Since then, there have been many attempts to reunite the Eastern
and Western churches, and a number of Eastern churches returned
to full communion with the Catholic Church, while maintaining
their own distinctive liturgical,
theological, and cultural traditions.
|
|
| Coptic
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate |
Patriarch
of Alexandria of the Copts |
Cairo |
Coptic
Orthodox Church; RCCC 1741 |
Egypt |
Alexandrian |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Eparchy
of Abu Qurqas, Egypt |
2020 |
42,000
(2022) |
Eparchy
of Al Qusia, Egypt |
2022 |
29,000
(2022) |
Eparchy
of Alexandria (Patriarchal) |
1895 |
41,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Assiut, Egypt |
1947 |
54,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Guizeh, Egypt |
2003 |
6,131
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Ismayliah, Egypt |
1982 |
10,260
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Luxor and Thebes, Egypt |
1895 |
21,500
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Minya, Egypt |
1895 |
54,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Sohag, Egypt |
1981 |
14,480
(2020) |
|
Eritrean
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Metropolitanate |
Abp
of Asmara |
Asmara |
Ethiopian
Catholic Church split - RCCC 2015 |
Eritrea |
Alexandrian |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Asmara, Eritrea |
1930;
current form 2015 |
40,113
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Barentu, Eritrea |
1995 |
52,300
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Keren, Eritrea |
1995 |
37,298
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Segheneity, Eritrea |
2012 |
38,270
(2020) |
|
Ethiopian
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Metropolitanate |
Abp
of Addis Ababa of the Ethiopians |
Addis
Ababa |
Ethiopian
Orthodox Church, to RCCC 1622; final RCCC 1930s |
Ethiopia |
Alexandrian |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
1839;
current form 1961 |
11,385
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Adigrat, Ethiopia |
1937;
current form 1961 |
27,698
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Emdeber, Ethiopia |
2003 |
27,070
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Bahir Dar – Dessie, Ethiopia |
2015 |
17,259
(2020) |
|
Maronite
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate |
Patriarch
of Antioch of the Maronites |
Bherké |
St
Maron disciples 4th c.; RCCC 1182 |
Lebanon,
Syria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Argentina, Mexico,
France, Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, USA, Canada, Australia |
Antiochian
(W. Syriac) |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Archeparchy
of Antelias, Lebanon |
1988 |
280,521
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Beirut, Lebanon |
1577 |
280,000 (2020) |
Archeparchy
of Tripoli, Lebanon |
17th
c.; current form 1965 |
147,800
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Tyre, Lebanon |
1838 |
42,755
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Baalbek – Deir El-Ahmar, Lebanon |
1671;
current form 1990 |
40,600
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Batrun, Lebanon |
17th
c.; current form 1999 |
67,000 (2020) |
Eparchy
of Jbeil – Byblos, Lebanon |
17th
c.; current form 1990 |
160,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Joubbe, Sarba and Jounieh (Patriarchal),
Lebanon |
1986;
current form 1999 |
520,225
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saida (Sidon), Lebanon |
1900 |
40,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Zahleh, Lebanon |
1977;
current form 1990 |
38,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Cyprus |
1357 |
13,170
(2021) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Jordan |
1996 |
1,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Haifa and the Holy Land |
1996 |
10,000
(2021) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine |
1996 |
504
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Cairo, Egypt |
1946 |
6,350 (2021) |
Archeparchy
of Aleppo, Syria |
17th
c. |
1,600
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Damascus, Syria |
1527 |
6,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Lattaquié, Syria |
1977 |
47,000 (2021) |
Eparchy
of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1990 |
750,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Nossa Senhora do Libano em Sao Paulo, Brazil |
1971 |
521,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA |
1994 |
47,480
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, USA |
1966;
current form 1977 |
23,939
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint Maron of Sydney, Australia |
1973 |
161,370
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Canada |
1982 |
94,300
(2020) |
Nuestra
Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico |
1995 |
167,190
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Notre Dame du Liban de Paris |
2012 |
51,520
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Ibadan, Nigeria |
2014;
current form 2018 |
74,900
(2020) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Colombia (Bogota) |
2016 |
0
(2021) |
|
Syrian
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate |
Patriarch
of Antioch of the Syrians |
Beirut |
Syriac
Orthodox Church; to RCCC 1662–1702; final RCCC
1782 |
Lebanon,
Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, S. Sudan,
Turkey, USA, Venezuela, Canada |
Antiochian
(W. Syriac) |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Patriarchal
Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon |
1817 |
32,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Baghdad, Iraq |
1862 |
15,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Mosul, Iraq |
1790 |
4,700
(2021) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf, Iraq |
1982 |
300
(2020) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan |
1892 |
5,341
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Cairo, Egypt |
1965 |
1,530
(2021) |
Sudan
and South Sudan (patriarchal dependency) |
1997;
current form 2012 |
40
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Adiabene, Syria |
2019 |
0
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria |
1633 |
7,000
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Homs, Syria |
1678 |
12,000
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Aleppo, Syria |
1659 |
8,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria |
1957;
current form 1965 |
1,400
(2021) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Turkey (Istanbul) |
1991 |
2000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark, New Jersey,
USA |
1995;
current form 2021 |
12,460
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Venezuela (Maracay) |
2001 |
9,000
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Canada (Laval) |
2016 |
5,950
(2021) |
|
Syro-Malankara
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Major
archiepiscopate |
Major
Abp of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malakarese |
Trivandrum |
Malankara
Orthodox Syrian Church split 1930, to RCCC |
India,
USA, Canada |
Antiochian
(W. Syriac) |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Trivandrum, India |
1932 |
182,500
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Marthandom, India |
1996 |
70,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Mavelikara, India |
2007 |
27,088
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Pathanamthitta, India |
2010 |
41,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Parassala, India |
2017 |
37,500
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, India |
1932;
current form 2006 |
39,800
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Battery, India |
1978 |
26,790
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Muvattupuzha, India |
1992 |
13,550
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Puthur, India |
2010 |
5,500
(2021) |
Eparchy
of St John Chrysostom of Gurgaon, India (New
Delhi) |
2015 |
5,800
(2020) |
Eparchy
of St Ephrem of Khadki, India (Pune) |
2015;
current form 2019 |
7,200
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint Mary Queen of Peace (USA and Canada)
|
2010;
current form 2016 |
11,070
(2020) |
|
Armenian
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate
|
Patriarch
of Cilicia of the Armenians |
Beirut |
Ex-Orthodox
Armenians convert to Catholicism 14th c.; RCCC 1742 |
Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Israel,
Ukraine, France, Greece, Mexico, Argentina, Romania,
USA, Canada, Armenia, other Latin America, other E.
Europe |
Armenian |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Archeparchy
of Beirut, Lebanon (Patriarchal) |
1929 |
10,460
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Ispahan, Iran |
|
150
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Baghdad, Iraq |
1954 |
500
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) Egypt |
1885 |
9,153
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Aleppo, Syria |
1710;
current form 1899 |
5,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Kamichlié, Syria |
1954 |
2,500
(2021) |
Damascus,
Syria (patriarchal exarchate) |
1984 |
4,500
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Istanbul, Turkey |
1928 |
2,500
(2021) |
Amman
and Jerusalem (patriarchal exarchate) |
1991 |
500
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Lviv, Ukraine |
1630 |
0 |
Eparchy
of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France |
1960;
current form 1986 |
35,000
(2020) |
Ordinariate
for Greece (Athens) |
1925 |
300
(2019) |
Apostolic
Exarchate for Latin America and Mexico |
1981 |
12,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Gregory of Narek, Buenos Aires |
1989 |
16,460
(2020) |
Ordinariate
for Romania (Gherla) |
1930 |
378
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale (US and Canada)
|
1981;
current form 2014 |
36,000
(2021) |
Ordinariate
for Eastern Europe (Gyumri, Armenia) |
1991 |
618,000
(2021) |
|
Albanian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Apostolic
administration |
Apostolic
administrator |
Tirana-Durrës |
Catholics
present <343; apostolic administration est. 1939–46;
restored 1992 |
Albania |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Apostolic
Administration of Southern Albania |
1939 |
1,922
(2020) |
|
Belarusian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Apostolic
administration |
Apostolic
administrator |
Minsk |
Union
of Brest 1595–96; apostolic visitation est. 1931-40s;
restored 1992 |
Belarus,
UK, USA, Belgium |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Apostolic
Administration of Belarus |
1939;
current form 2023 |
5,000 |
|
Bulgarian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Eparchy |
Bp
of Saint John XXIII of Sofia |
Sofia |
Under
Greek Patriarch of Constantinople. 1767; apostolic exarchate
1926 |
Bulgaria |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Eparchy
of Saint John XXIII of Sofia, Bulgaria |
1926;
current form 2019 |
10,000
(2020) |
|
Croatian
and Serbian Greek (Križevci) Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
1)
Eparchy |
Bp
of Križevci |
Križevci |
RCCC
1611; Eparchy of Križevci 1777–1925; restored
2001 |
Croatia,
Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Byzantine |
2)
Eparchy |
Bp
of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur |
Novi
Sad |
Split
from Eparchy of Križevci 2003 with Montenegro forming
Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro; split
from Montenegro 2013; eparchy 2018 |
Serbia |
Byzantine |
Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Eparchy
of Križevci, Croatia |
1777;
current form 2003 |
23,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur, Serbia |
2003;
current form 2018 |
21,571
(2020) |
|
Greek
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Apostolic
exarchate |
Apostolic
Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Greece |
Athens |
Mission
began at Constantinople 1856; ordinariate and first
bishop created 1911 by RCC |
Greece,
Turkey |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Greece |
1932 |
6,000
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Istanbul, Turkey |
1911 |
14
(2021) |
|
| Hungarian
Greek Catholic Church |
| Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
| Metropolitanate |
Metrop.
Abp of Hajdúdorog |
Debrecen |
15th–16th
c. Orthodox migrants submitting to Catholic bishops,
but retaining Byzantine rite, with Hungarian Protestants
joining them 18th c.; Diocese of Hajdúdorog est.
1912 RCC; metrop. 2015 |
Hungary |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Hajdudorog, Hungary |
1912;
current form 2015 |
109,950
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Miskolc, Hungary |
1924;
current form 2015 |
48,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
2015 |
101,850
(2021) |
|
Italo-Albanian
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Eparchy |
Two
bishops (Lungro, and Piana degli Albanesi) |
Lungro,
and Piana degli Albanesi |
Catholic
Albanian refugees arrive 15th c. |
Italy |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Eparchy
of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi, Italy |
1919 |
32,630
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy |
1937;
current form 1941 |
23,120
(2021) |
Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata,
Italy |
1937 |
9
(2021) |
|
Macedonian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Eparchy |
Bishop |
Skopje |
Split
from Eparchy of Križevci 2001 |
North
Macedonia |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Eparchy
of Beata Maria Vergine Assunta in Strumica-Skopje,
North Macedonia |
2001;
current form 2018 |
11,476
(2020) |
|
| Melkite
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate |
Patriarch
of Antioch of the Greek Melkites |
Damascus |
Schism
in Patriarchate of Antioch 1729 |
Syria,
Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Australia, Mexico, USA,
Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Sudan, S. Sudan, Iraq, Kuwait,
Venezuela, New Zealand |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Patriarchal
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria |
3rd
c. |
3,000
(2017) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria |
4th
c.; current form 6th c. |
18,000
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Bosra, Syria |
1687;
current form 1881 |
19,125
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Homs, Syria |
1849 |
26,000
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Lattaquié, Syria |
1961 |
13,000
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Beirut and Gibail, Lebanon |
4th
c.; current form 1881 |
200,000
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon |
1683 |
3,500
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Baalbek, Lebanon |
1701;
current form 1964 |
21,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Baniyas, Lebanon |
1886;
current form 1964 |
3,500
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Saida (Sidon), Lebanon |
1683;
current form 1964 |
45,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Tripoli in Lebanon |
1897;
current form 1964 |
10,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Zahleh and Furzol, Lebanon |
1774;
current form 1964 |
150,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Petra and Philadelphia, Jordan |
1932 |
26,000
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Akka, Israel |
1753;
current form 1964 |
71,505
(2020) |
Jerusalem
(patriarchal dependency) |
current
form 1998 |
3,762
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Nossa Senhora do Paraiso em Sao Paulo, Brazil |
1971 |
431,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Newton, USA |
1976 |
30,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada |
1980;
current form 1984 |
38,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Nuestra Senora del Paraiso en Mexico |
1988 |
3,030
(2021) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Iraq |
1838 |
205
(2020) |
Egypt,
Sudan and South Sudan (patriarchal dependency)
|
1992;
current form 2012 |
6,200
(2020) |
Patriarchal
Exarchate of Kuwait |
1972 |
0 |
Eparchy
of Saint Michael's of Sydney, Australia and
NZ |
1987 |
52,000
(2020) |
Apostolic
Exarchate in Venezuela (Caracas) |
1990 |
24,000
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate in Argentina (Cordoba) |
2002 |
333,000
(2021) |
|
|
Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Major
archiepiscopate |
Major Abp of Fagaras and Alba Iulia |
Blaj |
1687
campaign to convert Orthodox population of Transylvania
to Greek Catholicism; RCCC 1698–1948; restored
1990 |
Romania,
USA, Canada |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Fagaras & Alba Julia, Romania |
1721;
current form 1854 |
40,379
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Cluj-Gherla, Romania |
1930;
current form 1930 |
40,379
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Lugoj, Romania |
1853 |
94,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Maramures, Romania |
1930 |
49,529
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Oradea Mare, Romania |
1777 |
78,000 (2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Basil the Great in Bucharest, Romania
|
2014 |
9,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint George’s in Canton, Ohio (USA
and Canada) |
1982;
current form 1987 |
6,000
(2021) |
|
Russian
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Apostolic
exarchate |
Vacant |
None |
Small
Greek Catholic communities formed after 1905; apostolic
exarchate est. 1917 - abolished; bp appointed 2004 |
Russia,
China |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Harbin, China |
1928 |
0 |
|
| Ruthenian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Metropolitanate |
Bp
of Mukacevo of the Byzantines; Exarch in the Czech Republic;
Metrop. Abp of Pittsburgh |
Ukraine,
USA, Czech Republic |
Union
of Užhorod 1646 received Orthodox Christians into
RCCC; Eparchy of Mukacevo est. 1771; forced reintegration
with Orthodox Church 1949; restored 1991, with two other
jurisdictions 1969 (USA) and 1996 (Czech) |
Ukraine,
USA, Czech Republic |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, USA |
1924;
current form 1977 |
58,102
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Parma, USA |
1969 |
4,406
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Passaic, USA |
1963 |
10,227
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Holy Mary of Protection of Phoenix, USA |
1981;
current form 2009 |
2,295
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Mukacevo, Ukraine |
1771;
current form 1924 |
317,740
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of the Czech Republic (Prague) |
1996 |
17,000
(2021) |
|
| Slovak
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Metropolitanate |
Abp
of Prešov of Catholics of the Byzantine Rite |
Prešov |
Union
of Užhorod 1646 received Orthodox Christians into
RCCC; forced reintegration with Orthodox Church 1950;
Restored from 1968 |
Slovakia,
Canada |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Presov, Slovakia |
1818;
current form 2008 |
117,800
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Bratislava, Slovakia |
2008 |
17,516
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Kosice, Slovakia |
1997;
current form 2008 |
72,593
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of SS Cyril and Methodius, Toronto,
Canada |
1980;
current form 2022 |
3,850
(2020) |
|
Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Major
archiepiscopate |
Major
Abp of Kyiv and Halych |
Kyiv |
Union
between Catholics and Orthodox est. by RCC 1595–1596;
suppressed 1839, and 1946; restored 1989 |
Ukraine,
Poland, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, France,
Canada, UK, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy |
Byzantine |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Major
Archeparchy of Kyiv, Ukraine |
1995;
current form 2004 |
492,530
(2021) |
Archdiocese
of Kyiv-Halyc |
2004 |
|
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine |
1677;
current form 1807 |
732,484 (2021) |
Eparchy
of Sambir-Drohobych, Ukraine |
1993 |
353,531
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Sokal-Zhovkva, Ukraine |
2000;
current form 2006 |
309,940
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Stryj, Ukraine |
2000 |
296,168
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
1885;
current form 2011 |
566,200
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
1993;
current form 2017 |
19,790
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv, Ukraine |
1993;
current form 2011 |
382,880
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Buchach, Ukraine |
2000 |
218,800
92020) |
Eparchy
of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine |
2015 |
24,750
(2021) |
Archepiscopal
Exarchate of Donetsk, Ukraine |
2002;
current form 2014 |
16,000
(2020) |
Archepiscopal
Exarchate of Kharkiv, Ukraine |
2002;
current form 2014 |
5,970
(2020) |
Archepiscopal
Exarchate of Lutsk, Ukraine |
2008 |
4,286
(2020) |
Archepiscopal
Exarchate of Odesa, Ukraine |
2003;
current form 2014 |
100,000
(2020) |
Archepiscopal
Exarchate of Crimea, Ukraine |
2003;
current form 2014 |
1,390
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw, Poland |
1087;
current form 1996 |
15,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Olsztyn-Gdansk, Poland |
1996;
current form 2020 |
0
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Wroclaw-Koszalin, Poland |
1996;
current form 2020 |
25,000
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Philadelphia, USA |
1913;
current form 1958 |
12,479
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Josaphat in Parma, USA |
1983 |
11,650
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, USA |
1961 |
12,780
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Stamford, USA |
1956;
current form 1958 |
15,500
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada |
1912;
current form 1956 |
4,949
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Edmonton, Canada |
1948;
current form 1956 |
5,012
(2021) |
Eparchy
of New Westminster, Canada |
1974 |
7,900
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saskatoon, Canada |
1951;
current form 1956 |
5,438
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Toronto, Canada |
1948;
current form 1956 |
22,900
(2020) |
Eparchy
of the Holy Family in London, UK |
1957;
current form 2013 |
13,000
(2021) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Italy, Faithful of the Ukrainian
Catholic Church |
2019 |
69,300
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia
|
1958;
current form 1982 |
35,520
(2020) |
Apostolic
Exarchate of Germany & Scandinavia (Munich)
|
1959 |
77,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Vladimir the Great in Paris, France |
1960;
current form 2013 |
26,000 (2020) |
Eparchy
of São João Batista em Curitiba,
Brazil |
1962;
current form 2014 |
89,300
(2020) |
Eparchy
of the Immaculate Conception, Prudentopolis,
Brazil |
2014 |
80,150
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires,
Argentina |
1978 |
121,400
(2020) |
|
| Chaldean
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Patriarchate |
Patriarch
of Babylon of the Chaldeans |
Baghdad |
Assyrian
Church of the East split 1552, RCCC |
Iraq,
Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, USA, Jordan,
USA, Australia, Canada |
East
Syriac |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq (Patriarchal) |
1553;
current form 2022 |
150,000
(2017) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Kirkuk, Iraq |
1789 |
7,000
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Erbil, Iraq |
1668 |
16,420
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Basra, Iraq |
1954 |
900
(2020) |
Diocese
of Dohuk, Iraq |
1785;
current form 2020 |
14,100
(2021) |
Archeparchy
of Mosul, Iraq |
1800;
current form 2018 |
3,950
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Alquoch, Iraq |
1960 |
15,900
(2020) |
Diocese
of Zaku, Iraq |
1850;
current form 2020 |
12,555
(2010) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Teheran, Iran |
1853;
current form 1971 |
1,740
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Urmya, Iran |
1890 |
1,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Salmas, Iran |
1709 |
1,350
(2017) |
Archeparchy
of Ahwaz, Iran |
1966 |
25
(2020) |
Patriarchal
Dependency of Jordan |
|
3,000
(2020) |
Patriarchal
Dependency of Jerusalem |
1908;
current form 1997 |
0
(2017) |
Eparchy
of Beirut, Lebanon |
1957 |
17,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Cairo, Egypt |
1980 |
1,040
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Aleppo, Beroea and Halab, Syria |
1957 |
5,000
(2020) |
Archeparchy
of Diarbekir, Turkey |
1553;
current form 1966 |
6,308
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA
|
2002 |
70,500
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, USA
|
1982;
current form 1985 |
180,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, Australia
|
2006 |
60,000
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Mar Addai of Toronto, Canada |
2011 |
30,000
(2021) |
|
| Syro-Malabar
Catholic Church |
Type
|
Head |
Seat |
Origin/RCCC¹ |
Presence |
Rite |
Major
archiepiscopate |
Major
Abp of Ernakulam-Angamaly |
Ernakulam |
Apostolic
time; St Thomas Christians <4th c. in India; Malabar
Church in RCCC 1599–1653; return to RCCC 1662
|
India,
USA, Australia, UK, Canda |
East
Syriac |
| Jurisdiction
|
Year
Established² |
Members |
Major
Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Anagamaly |
1896;
current form 1992 |
655,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Idukki, India |
2002 |
266,460
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Kothamangalam, India |
1956 |
231,427
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Changanacherry |
1887;
current form 1956 |
402,200
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Kanjirapally, India |
1977 |
176,131
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Palai, India |
1950 |
334,920
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Thuckalay, India |
1996 |
30,590
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Kottayam, India |
1911;
current form 2005 |
188,106
(2021) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Tellicherry, India |
1953;
current form 1995 |
289,559 (2020) |
Eparchy
of Hosur, India |
2017 |
67,800
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Belthangady, India |
1999 |
20,954
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Bhadravathi |
2007 |
9,986
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Mananthavady, India |
1973 |
177,102
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Mandya |
2010 |
90,160
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Thamarasserry, India |
1986 |
148,920
(2020) |
Metropolitan
Archeparchy of Trichur, India |
1887;
current form 1995 |
439,845
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Irinjalakuda, India |
1978 |
289,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Palghat, India |
1874 |
59,930
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Ramanathapuram |
2010 |
11,668
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Adilabad, India |
1999 |
17,800
(2022) |
Eparchy
of Bijnor, India |
1972;
current form 1977 |
4,328
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Chanda, India |
1968;
current form 1977 |
13,794
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Gorakhpur, India |
1984 |
3,356
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Jagdalpur, India |
1972;
current form 1977 |
11,719
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Kalyan, India |
1988 |
66,900
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Rajkot, India |
1977 |
13,600
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Sagar, India |
1968;
current form 1977 |
4,031
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Satna, India |
1968;
current form 1977 |
2,860
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Shamshabad |
2017 |
121,300
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Ujjain, India |
1968;
current form 1977 |
4,750
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Faridabad, India |
2012 |
175,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of St Thomas of Chicago, USA |
2001 |
88,200 (2020) |
Eparchy
of St Thomas of Melbourne, Australia |
2013 |
50,360
(2020) |
Eparchy
of Mississauga, Canada |
2015;
current form 2018 |
25,000
(2021) |
Eparchy
of Great Britain |
2016 |
41,000
(2021) |
|
|
Notes
1. RCCC = Roman Catholic Church comunion
2. Year Established includes, where applicable, the year
of the religious unit's current form, that being the year
of the last important modification it underwent, such
as as a restructure, territory loss, or a name change.
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Editrice Vaticana, 2018.
David M. Cheney. Catholic Hierarchy, 1996-2023.
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Berard L. Marthaler, exec. ed. New Catholic Encyclopedia.
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