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ountry index of catholic church articles list of catholic dioceses structured view references edit notes edit 1 2 the byzantine catholic church of croatia and serbia comprises two jurisdictions greek catholic eparchy of križevci covering croatia slovenia and bosnia herzegovina and byzantine catholic eparchy of ruski krstur covering serbia the eparchy of križevci is in foreign province and the eparchy of ruski krstur is immediately subject to the holy see 1 2 the greek byzantine catholic church comprises two independent apostolic exarchates covering greece and turkey respectively each immediately subject to the holy see 1 2 the italo albanian greek catholic church comprises two independent eparchies based in lungro and piana degli albanesi and one territorial abbacy based in grottaferrata each immediately subject to the holy see 1 2 the russian greek catholic church comprises two apostolic exarchates one for russia and one for china each immediately subject to the holy see and each vacant for decades bishop joseph werth of novosibirsk has been appointed by the holy see as ordinary to the eastern catholic faithful in russia although not as exarch of the dormant apostolic exarchate and without the creation of a formal ordinariate the ruthenian catholic church does not have a unified structure it includes a metropolia based in pittsburgh which covers the entire united states but also an eparchy in ukraine and an apostolic exarchate in the czech republic both of which are directly subject to the holy see five of the ordinariates for eastern catholic faithful are multi ritual encompassing the faithful of all eastern catholic rites within their territory not otherwise subject to a local ordinary of their own rite the sixth is exclusively byzantine but covers all byzantine catholics in austria no matter which particular byzantine church they belong to the six ordinariates are based in buenos aires argentina vienna austria belo horizonte brazil paris france warsaw poland and madrid spain technically each of these ordinariates has an ordinary who is a bishop but all of the bishops are latin bishops whose primary assignment is to a latin see more 640 archdioceses this rite though used by 14 eastern particular churches has preserved apart from the diversity of languages used its uniformity and remained a single liturgical rite though there is a slavonic use among ukrainian and other slavic churches citations edit 1 2 orientalium ecclesiarum vatican va retrieved 2018 04 18 second vatican council decree on the catholic churches of the eastern rite section 4 published on 21 november 1964 accessed on 17 june 2026 particular churches in which and from which the one and only catholic church exists are principally dioceses unless the contrary is clear the following are equivalent to a diocese a territorial prelature a territorial abbacy a vicariate apostolic a prefecture apostolic and a permanently established apostolic administration code of canon law canon 368 erezione della chiesa metropolitana sui iuris eritrea e nomina del primo metropolita holy see press office january 19 2015 retrieved january 19 2015 apostolic administration of southern albania albania albanese rite gcatholic org retrieved 2019 07 09 belarussian church catholic gcatholic org retrieved 2019 07 09 catholic church 2012 annuario pontificio libreria editrice vaticana isbn 978 88 209 8722 0 catholic culture church definition catholicculture org archived from the original on dec 30 2011 retrieved 2011 02 14 catholic encyclopedia hierarchy new advent 1910 retrieved 2011 02 15 the hierarchy of the catholic church catholic hierarchy org retrieved 2011 02 14 catholic encyclopedia mystical body of the church new advent 1911 retrieved 2011 02 14 1 2 catholic rites and churches ewtn 22 august 2007 archived from the original on may 22 2011 retrieved 2011 02 14 letter to the bishops of the catholic church on some aspects of the church understood as communion joseph cardinal ratzinger retrieved 2011 02 14 catechism of the catholic church 814 vatican va 1975 12 14 retrieved 2018 04 18 code of canon law canon 368 intratext com 2007 05 04 retrieved 2018 04 18 vatican annuario pontificio 2012 p 1142 code of canons of the eastern churches canon 27 vatican va retrieved 2018 04 18 also unlike the situation of those countries within the commonwealth that consider the british monarch to be their head of state but are nonetheless fully independent and quite distinct states not just one state second vatican council dogmatic decree on the church lumen gentium 23 the particular churches insofar as they are part of the one church of christ second vatican council decree christus dominus 6 c have a special relationship of mutual interiority with the whole that is with the universal church because in every particular church the one holy catholic and apostolic church of christ is truly present and active second vatican council decree christus dominus 11 a for this reason the universal church cannot be conceived as the sum of the particular churches or as a federation of particular churches it is not the result of the communion of the churches but in its essential mystery it is a reality ontologically and temporally prior to every individual particular church communionis notio 9 canon 27 quote a group of christ s faithful hierarchically linked in accordance with law and given express or tacit recognition by the supreme authority of the church is in this code called an autonomous church second vatican council decree on the pastoral office of bishops in the church christus dominus 11 code of canon law canon 373 intratext com 2007 05 04 retrieved 2018 04 18 central statistics office march 2012 annuario pontificio pontifical yearbook libreria editrice vaticana p 1142 isbn 978 88 209 8722 0 catechism of the catholic church 882 code of canons of the eastern churches canon 28 1 vatican va retrieved 2018 04 18 arangassery lonappan 1999 a handbook on catholic eastern churches p 52 retrieved 2018 04 18 code of canons of the eastern churches canon 28 2 vatican va retrieved 2018 04 18 griffin patrick 1912 rites catholic encyclopedia new york robert appleton company retrieved 2011 02 14 cite encyclopedia cs1 maint publisher location link quo primum 14 july 1570 catholic encyclopedia rites pope pius xii cleri sanctitati canons 8 and 9 in latin published on 2 june 1957 accessed on 16 june 2026 further reading edit brock sebastian p 1992 studies in syriac christianity history literature and theology aldershot variorum isbn 9780860783053 nedungatt george ed 2002 a guide to the eastern code a commentary on the code of canons of the eastern churches rome oriental institute press isbn 9788872103364 external links edit gigacatholic catholic rites particular chutches v t e sacraments rites and liturgies of the catholic church sacraments baptism confirmation eucharist penance anointing of the sick holy orders matrimony eucharistic liturgies divine 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