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Albanian Church or Church of Albania can refer to any of the following churches: *the
Church of Caucasian Albania The Church of Albania or the Albanian Apostolic Church was an ancient, briefly autocephalous church established in the 5th century. Igor KuznetsoUdis/ref> In 705, It fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the Cat ...
, an ancient, briefly autocephalous church established in the 5th century. In 705, It fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the Catholicosate of Aghvank centered in Caucasian Albania, a region spanning present-day northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan *the
Albanian Orthodox Church The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ( sq, Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It declared its autoce ...
, an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in present-day Albania. It declared its autocephaly in 1922, and gained recognition from the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1937 *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 ch ...
or Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite in Albania *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 ...
, an Eastern Catholic church of Byzantine-rite Italo-Albanians in Italy


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* Albanian Catholic Church, disambiguation * Catholic Church in Albania, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Albania * Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania, an apostolic administration of the Catholic Church in Albania, covering the southern regions of the country. It has jurisdiction over all Catholics on its territory, both of Latin and Byzantine rites {{disambig