Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful
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An ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite is a geographical ecclesiastical structure for
particular Church has been established. This structure was introduced by the apostolic letter Officium supremi Apostolatus of 15 July 1912.[1]
In the particular Churches that use the Byzantine Rite. The other three (Ex-Soviet 'Eastern Europe', Greece and Romania) are exclusively for members of the Armenian Catholic Church.
Existing ordinariates
Ordinariate | Geographical area | Jurisdiction | Cathedral see | Ordinary | Date(s) of founding |
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Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Argentina | Argentina | All Eastern Catholics | now Buenos Aires | Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires | 1959-02-19 |
Ordinariate for Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Austria |
Austria | Byzantine Rite Catholics | Vienna | vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna | 1945-10-03 and 1956-06-13 |
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil |
Brazil | All Eastern Catholics | presently Belo Horizonte | Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte | 1951-11-14 |
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe | only Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Poland and Ukraine | Armenian Rite Catholics | Gyumri (Armenia) | Armenian bishop of a titular see | 1991-07-13 |
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France | France | All Eastern Catholics | Paris | vested in the Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris | 1954-06-16 |
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece | Greece | Armenian Rite Catholics | Athens | vacant (under an apostolic administrator ) |
1925-12-21 |
Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania |
Romania | Armenian Rite Catholics | Gherla | vacant (under an apostolic administrator) | 1930-06-05 |
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Spain | Spain | All Eastern Catholics | none yet | Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid | 2016-06-09 |
Former ordinariates
- Ordinariate of the Albanians in Sicily(Italy, promoted to Italo-Albanese Catholic Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi)
- Ordinariate of Poland for Greek and Armenian Catholics, became the present all-rites Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland
See also
References
- ISBN 978-88-209-8722-0), p. 1811