| The Eastern Catholic Church |
| The Catholic Church is currently comprised of twenty-two autonomous churches. Each church enjoys a |
| status of relative independent self-goverance vis-à-vis the Roman Pontiff - with whom they are in full |
| communion and in whose person universal communion is realized. |
| The following is a list of the eastern Catholic autonomous churches, arranged according to the |
| tradition(s) they observe: |
| I. Alexandria: |
| 1. Coptic |
| 2. Ethiopian |
| II. Antiochene: |
| 1. Malankar |
| 2. Maronite |
| 3. Syrian |
| III. Constantinopolitan: |
| 1. Albanian |
| 2. Belorussian |
| 3. Bulgarian |
| 4. Greek |
| 5. Hungarian |
| 6. Italo-Albanian |
| 7. Melkite |
| 8. Romanian |
| 9. Russian |
| 10. Ruthenian |
| 11. Slovak |
| 12. Ukrainian |
| 13. Yugoslav |
| IV. Armenian: |
| 1. Armenian |
| V. Chaldean: |
| 1. Chaldean |
| 2. Malabar |
| 3. Latin - Western Rite |
| The following is a list of eastern catholic autonomous churches, organized according to their |
| hierarchical status: |
| VI. Patriarchal Churches: |
| 1. Armenian Church |
| 2. Chaldean Church |
| 3. Coptic Church |
| 4. Latin Church |
| 5. Maronite Church |
| 6. Melkite Church |
| 7. Syrian Church |
| VII. Major Archiepiscopal Church: |
| 1. Ukrainian Church |
| VIII. Metropolitan Churches: |
| 1. Ethiopian Church |
| 2. Malabar Church |
| 3. Malankar Church |
| 4. Ruthenian Church |
| IX. Episcopal and other Churches: |
| 1. Albanian Church |
| 2. Belorussian Church |
| 3. Bulgarian Church |
| 4. Greek Church |
| 5. Hungarian Church |
| 6. Italo-Albanian Church |
| 7. Romanian Church |
| 8. Russian Church |
| 9. Slovak Church |
| 10. Yugoslav Church |