The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of ...
following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually.
The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Catholic Church may refer to:
* Individually, any 14 of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches which use the
Byzantine rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
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, a.k.a. ''Greek Rite'':
** the
Albanian Greek Catholic Church
The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesiae Graecae Catholico Albanica; sq, Kisha Katolike Bizantine Shqiptare), also known as the Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, is an autonomous ('' sui iuris'' in Latin) Byzantine Rite particular ...
** the
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ( be, Беларуская грэка-каталіцкая царква, ''Bielaruskaja hreka-katalickaja carkva'' BHKC; la, Ecclesiae Graecae Catholico Belarusica) sometimes called in reference to its B ...
** the
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
** the
Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
** the
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, in Greece and Turkey
** the
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church ( hu, Magyar görögkatolikus egyház; la, Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Hungariae) or Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic particular church in f ...
** the
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesia Catholica Italo-Albanica; it, Chiesa Cattolica Italo-Albanese; sq, Kisha Katolike-Bizantine Arbëreshë), Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Church, is one of the 23 E ...
** the
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
** the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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** the
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic ( la, Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Romaniae; ro, Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the ...
(officially the ''Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic'')
** the
Russian Greek Catholic Church
The Russian Greek Catholic Church (russian: Российская греко-католическая церковь, ''Rossiyskaya greko-katolicheskaya tserkov; la, Ecclesia Graeca Catholica Russica''), Russian Byzantine Catholic Church or simply ...
** the
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ( rue, Русиньска ґрекокатолицька церьков; la, Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Ruthenica), also known in the United States simply as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catho ...
** the
Slovak Greek Catholic Church
The Slovak Greek Catholic Church ( Slovak: ''Gréckokatolícka cirkev na Slovensku'', "Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia"; la, Ecclesia Graeco Catholica Slovacica), or Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church, is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern Ca ...
** the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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* Any other group of Eastern Catholics following the Byzantine rite:
** the
Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics
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Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful without proper ordinary, in 6 countries
* The
Catholic Church in Greece
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, a Roman Catholic hierarchy following the
Latin rite
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church '' sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language onc ...
in Greece
See also
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Albanian Catholic Church The term Albanian Catholic Church can refer to:
* Catholic Church in Albania, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Albania
* Albanian Greek Catholic Church or Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catho ...
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Belarusian Catholic Church Belarusian Catholic Church may refer to:
* Catholic Church in Belarus, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Belarus
* Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, cent ...
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Bulgarian Catholic Church The term Bulgarian Catholic Church can refer to:
* Catholic Church in Bulgaria, communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria (including the Latin Church)
* Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church, a "sui juris" Eastern Catholic Chu ...
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Croatian Catholic Church Croatian Catholic Church can refer to:
* Catholic Church in Croatia
* Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
* Old Catholic Church of Croatia
See also
* Albanian Catholic Church
* Belarusian Catholic Church
* Bulgarian Catholic Church T ...
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Hungarian Catholic Church
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Romanian Catholic Church
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Russian Catholic Church
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Serbian Catholic Church
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Slovak Catholic Church
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Ukrainian Catholic Church
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