Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Rite Catholic Churches are churches that follow the ancient liturgical traditions of the East, while being in Full communion with the Roman Catholic Church and placing themselves under the ultimate authority of the Bishop of Rome. Some of these churches, like the Orthodox Church follow the Byzantine tradition, while others follow other liturgical traditions. The history of each Eastern Rite Catholic church is unique, some having sided with Rome at the time of the Great Schism and some being reunited to Rome after that time. They are sometimes referred to as Uniates, a term which many Eastern Catholics reject as derrogatory.
Many of these churches have a direct non-Catholic (usually Orthodox or Oriental counterpart. Others exist only within the Catholic Communion.
Contents
List of Eastern Rite Catholic Churches
Byzantine Rite (also Greek Catholic) Catholic Churches
- Albanian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
- Greek Catholic Church
- Belarusan Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
- Bulgarian Catholic Church
- Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church
- Byzantine Catholics of Former Yugoslavia
- Georgian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
- Hungarian Catholic Church
- Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
- Melkite Catholic Church
- Romanian Catholic Church
- Russian Catholic Church (Latin rite hierarchy)
- Slovak Catholic Church
- Ukrainian Catholic Church
Non-Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Coptic Catholic Church
- Ethiopian Catholic Church
- Maronite Catholic Church
- Syrian Catholic Church
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
History
Second Council of Lyons (1274)
Council of Ferrara-Florence (1439)
Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Vatican II)
Eastern Catholic Theology
Relationships with the Orthodox Churches
Eastern Catholic Churches with Counterparts in Non-Catholic Churches
The following Eastern Rite Catholic Churches have "counterparts" in the Orthodox Communion. The counterpart is listed in parenthesis.
- Albanian Catholic Church (Church of Albania)
- Bulgarian Catholic Church (Church of Bulgaria)
- Greek Catholic Church (Church of Constantinople/Church of Greece)
- Georgian Catholic Church (Church of Georgia)
- Melkite Catholic Church (Church of Antioch)
- Romanian Catholic Church (Church of Romania)
- Russian Catholic Church (Church of Russia)
- Ukrainian Catholic Church (Church of Ukraine)
The following Eastern Rite Catholic Church have "counterparts in the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The counterpart is listed in parenthesis.
- Armenian Catholic Church (Church of Armenia)
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Coptic Catholic Church (Coptic Church)
- Ethiopian Catholic Church
- Maronite Catholic Church
- Syrian Catholic Church (Church of Syria)
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The following Eastern Catholic Churches have no counterpart either among the Chalcedonian Orthodox or the Oriental Orthodox.
- Maronite Catholic Church
- Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
External Links
- [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg.aspx?eccpageID=3&indexview=toc Introduction to Eastern Christian Churches, Catholic Near East Welfare Agency[
