Latin Church

Largest autonomous particular Catholic church Latin ChurchEcclesia LatinaArchbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, ItalyTypeParticular church (sui iuris)ClassificationCatholicOrientationWestern ChristianityScriptureCatholic BibleTheologyCatholic theologyPolityEpiscopalGovernanceHoly SeePopeLeo XIVFull communionCatholic ChurchRegionMainly in Western Europe, Central Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, pockets of Africa, Madagascar, Oceania, with several episcopal conferences around the worldLanguageEcclesiastical Latin and native languagesLiturgyLatin liturgical ritesHeadquartersArchbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, ItalyTerritoryWorldwideOrigin1st century Rome, Roman EmpireBranched fromCatholic ChurchSeparations Marcionism Donatism Protestantism Old Catholicism Sedevacantism Members1.3 billion (2015)Other namesWestern ChurchLatin Catholic ChurchRoman ChurchOfficial websitevatican.va Part of a series onParticular churches sui iurisof the Catholic Church Latin cross and Byzantine Patriarchal cross Particular churches are grouped by liturgical rite Alexandrian Rite Coptic Ethiopian Eritrean Armenian Rite Armenian Byzantine Rite Albanian Belarusian Bulgarian Croatian and Serbia