RITE | CHURCHES THAT USE THIS RITE | ORIGINAL LITURGICAL LANGUAGE | PATRIARCH | POINT OF ORIGIN |
1.ROMAN | All Roman Catholics | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Rome |
MOZARABIC | Archdiocese of Toledo Spain | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Spain |
AMBROSIAN | Archdiocese of Milan, Italy | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Milan |
BRAGAN | Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal | Latin | Bishop of Rome | Braga |
DOMINICAN | Dominican Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Dominic |
CARMELITE | Carmelite Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Berthold |
CARTHUSIANS | Carthusian Priests | Latin | Bishop of Rome | St. Bruno |
2. BYZANTINE | Belarussian | Old Slavonic | Belarussia | |
Bulgarian | Old Slavonic | Apostolic Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine-Slav rite in Bulgaria | Bulgaria | |
Croatian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Kricevci | Croatia | |
Greek | Greek | Apostolic Exarch for Catholics of the Byzantine rite in Greece | Greece | |
Hungarian | Greek | Bishop of Hajdudorog, Apostolic Administrator of Miskolc | Hungary | |
Italo-Albanian | Greek | Local Latin Bishop | Italy | |
Melkite | Greek | Melkite Greek Patriarch of Damascus | Syria/Lebanon/Israel | |
Romanian | Romanian | Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Julia | Romania | |
Russian | Old Slavonic | Apostolic Exarch in Russia | Russia | |
Ruthenian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Mukacevo of the Byzantines | Ukrania | |
Slovakian | Old Slavonic | Bishop of Presov of Catholics of the Byzantine rite | Slovakia | |
Ukrainian | Old Slavonic | Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukranians | Ukrania | |
3.ALEXANDRIAN | Coptic | Coptic | Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts | Egypt |
Ethiopian | Ge'ez | Archbishop of Addis Ababa of the Ethiopians | Ethiopia/Somalia | |
4. SYRIAC | Syriac | Syriac Patriarch of Antioch | Syria | |
Malankarese | West Syriac | Metropolitan of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankarese | India | |
5. ARMENIAN | Armenian | Classical Armenian | Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians | Armenia |
6. MARONITE | Maronite | Aramaic | Maronite Patriarch of Antioch | Lebanon |
7. CHALDEAN | Chaldean | Syriac | Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans | Iraq |
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Malabar | Syriac | Major Archbishop of the Malabar rite | India |
Published by The Minnesota St. Thomas More Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith, March/April 2000.