Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful





An ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite is a geographical ecclesiastical structure for Eastern Catholic communities in areas where no eparchy of their own particular Church has been established. This structure was introduced by the apostolic letter Officium supremi Apostolatus of 15 July 1912.[1]


In the Annuario Pontificio the eight existing ordinariates of this kind are listed together with the fifteen (pre-diocesan) apostolic exarchates. Of these ordinariates, four (in Argentina, Brazil, France and Poland) are generically for all Eastern Catholics who lack a 'proper' diocesan jurisdiction of their own rite in the particular country and who are therefore entrusted to the care of a Latin Archbishop in the country. The one in Austria is for Catholics belonging to any of the fourteen 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.




Contents






  • 1 Existing ordinariates


  • 2 Former ordinariates


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 Sources and external links





Existing ordinariates



















































































Ordinariate Geographical area Jurisdiction Cathedral see Ordinary Date(s) of founding
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 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 Eastern Catholics in Poland Poland now Armenian Rite Catholics now Warsaw
Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw
1991-01-16
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



  • List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)


  • Exarch(ate)

  • Personal ordinariate

  • Military ordinariate



References





  1. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2012 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2008 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 978-88-209-8722-0), p. 1811





Sources and external links


  • GigaCatholic










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