Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous (sui iuris) particular Churches that are in full communion with the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. They are described by Canon 27 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches as: "A group of Christian faithful linked in accordance with the law by a hierarchy and expressly or tacitly recognized by the supreme authority of the Church as autonomous is in this Code called an autonomous Church." In the original Latin, Coetus christifidelium hierarchia ad normam iuris iunctus, quem ut sui iuris expresse vel tacite agnoscit suprema Ecclesiae auctoritas, vocatur in hoc Codice Ecclesia sui iuris) Traditionally these Churches were located in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and India but are now found throughout the world.

These Churches have also been known as Eastern Rites which refers to the liturgical rites used by many of these ancient Eastern Christian Churches that, while being part of the Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church.

List of Eastern Catholic Churches

 * Alexandrian liturgical tradition
 * Coptic Catholic Church
 * Ethiopian Catholic Church
 * Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
 * Maronite Church
 * Syriac Catholic Church
 * Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
 * Armenian liturgical tradition:
 * Armenian Catholic Church
 * Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
 * Chaldean Catholic Church
 * Syro-Malabar Church
 * Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
 * Albanian Greek Catholic Church
 * Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
 * Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
 * Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
 * Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
 * Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
 * Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
 * Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
 * Melkite Greek Catholic Church
 * Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
 * Russian Catholic Church
 * Ruthenian Catholic Church
 * Slovak Greek Catholic Church
 * Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church