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Greek Catholic Church is a term which refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine
Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgy used currently by all the Eastern Orthodox Churches and by the Greek-Catholic Churches ....
 (Constantinopolitan
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
) liturgical tradition. It can also refer to the Roman Catholic Church in Greece
Roman Catholicism in Greece

The Roman Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman Curia in Rome....
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Greek Catholic Church is a term which refers to the Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine
Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgy used currently by all the Eastern Orthodox Churches and by the Greek-Catholic Churches ....
 (Constantinopolitan
Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
) liturgical tradition. It can also refer to the Roman Catholic Church in Greece
Roman Catholicism in Greece

The Roman Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman Curia in Rome....
.

List of Greek Catholic Churches

  • Albanian Greek Catholic Church (apostolic administration): Albania (1628)
  • Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
    Belarusian Greek Catholic Church

    The Belarusian Greek Catholic Church , sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church, is the heir within Belarus of the Union of Brest....
     (no established hierarchy at present): Belarus (1596)
  • Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
    Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church

    The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite sui juris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church....
     (apostolic exarchate): Bulgaria (1861)
  • Croatian Greek Catholic Church
    Croatian Greek Catholic Church

    The Croatian Byzantine Catholic Church or Croatian Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris of the Byzantine Rite which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church The eparchy of Kri?evci is currently headed by Bishop Slavomir Miklov? , a Rusyns ....
     or Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci (an eparchy and an apostolic exarchate): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro (1611)
  • Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
    Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

    The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church is a sui iuris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Koine Greek and modern Greek languages....
     (two apostolic exarchates): Greece, Turkey (1829)
  • Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
    Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

    The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite sui juris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church that uses Hungarian language in the liturgy....
     (an eparchy and an apostolic exarchate): Hungary (1646)
  • Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
    Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

    The Italo-Greek Catholic Church, also known as the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, is a Byzantine Rite sui juris Particular church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church....
     (two eparchies and a territorial abbacy): Italy (Never separated)
  • Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
    Macedonian Greek Catholic Church

    The Macedonian Catholic Church, called the Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church, is a Byzantine Rite sui juris Eastern Catholic Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church which uses the Macedonian language in the liturgy....
     (an apostolic exarchate): Republic of Macedonia (1918)
  • Melkite Greek Catholic Church
    Melkite Greek Catholic Church

    The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. The church's origins lie in the Near East, but, today, Melkite Catholics are spread throughout the world....
     (patriarchate): Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Jerusalem, Brazil, USA, Canada, Mexico, Iraq, Egypt and Sudan, Kuwait, Australia, Venezuela, Argentina (1726)
  • Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
    Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

    The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is an Eastern Catholic Church which is in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. It is ranked as a Major Archbishop and uses the Byzantine Church liturgical rite in the Romanian language....
     (major archiepiscopate): Romania, United States of America (1697)
  • Russian Catholic Church
    Russian Catholic Church

    The Russian Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite church sui juris in full union with the Roman Catholic Church. Historically it represents a schism from the Russian Orthodox Church....
    : (two apostolic exarchates, at present with no published hierarchs): Russia, China (1905); currently about 20 parishes and communities scattered around the world, including five in Russia itself, answering to bishops of other jurisdictions
  • Ruthenian Catholic Church
    Ruthenian Catholic Church

    The Ruthenian Catholic Church is a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church , which uses the Divine Liturgy of the Constantinopolitan Byzantine Rite. Its roots are among the Rusyns who lived in the region called Carpathian Ruthenia, in and around the Carpathian Mountains....
     (a sui juris metropolia, an eparchy, and an apostolic exarchate): United States of America, Ukraine, Czech Republic (1646)
  • Slovak Greek Catholic Church
    Slovak Greek Catholic Church

    The Slovak Greek Catholic Church, or Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church, is a Byzantine Rite particular Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church....
     (a metropolia and three eparchies): Slovak Republic, Canada (1646)
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
    Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

    The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Church body to the Baptism of Kiev by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kiev , in 988....
     (major archiepiscopate): Ukraine, Poland, USA, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Germany and Scandinavia, France, Brazil, Argentina (1595)


See also

  • Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro
    Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro

    Cited from Croatian Greek Catholic Church:After the formation of independent republics from what had been Yugoslavia, a separate Apostolic Exarchate was created for the Byzantine Rite Greek Catholics in Serbia and Montenegro, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro....