Eastern Catholic churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous Christian churches. They recognize the Bishop of Rome as their spiritual leader, like the Roman Catholics. They also agree with Roman Catholicism on most issues. They differ on ideas as how a mass should be organised, or which prayers are more important than others. A very well-known Eastern Catholic Church is the Coptic Catholic Church. That Church is mainly in Egypt.

In total there are 23 such churches, the probably best known are listed below:

• Coptic Catholic Church
• Maronite Church
• Armenian Catholic Church
• Chaldean Catholic Church

Other websites

General

• Orientale Lumen - Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II on the Eastern Churches
• Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium - original text of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, with concordance
• Code of canons of the Oriental Churchs - defective English translation, with concordance
• Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches - Instruction by Congregation for the Eastern Churches
• What All Catholics Should Know About Eastern Catholic Churches
• Eastern Catholics in the United States of America - adapted from a similar publication by the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference

Individual Churches

• Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate—Official Website
• Maronite Patriarchate—Official Website
• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church—Official Website
• Syro Malankara Catholic Church International Homepage—Official Website
• Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
• Byzantine Catholic Church in America—Information and Messageboards
• Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh—Official Website