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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Concepción
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción () is an archdiocese located in the city of Concepción in Chile."Archdiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione)" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 History * 22 March 1563: Established as Diocese of La Imperial from the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Latin Church
The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' churches in full communion with the pope; the other 23 are collectively referred to as the Eastern Catholic Churches, and they have approximately 18 million members combined. The Latin Church is directly headed by the pope in his role as the bishop of Rome, whose ''cathedra'' as a bishop is located in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. The Latin Church both developed within and strongly influenced Western culture; as such, it is sometimes called the Western Church (), which is reflected in one of the pope's traditional titles in some eras and contexts, the Patriarch of the West. It is also known as the Roman Church (), the Latin Catholic Church, and in some contexts as the Roman Catholic (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
