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Individual eparchies of some Eastern Catholic churches may be suffragan to Latin metropolitans. For example, the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb. Also, some minor Eastern Catholic churches have Latin prelates.
Jun 12, 2017 · Until January 19, 2015, there used to be only the Metropoitan Church suiiuris of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, with suffragan eparchies in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. From that date on the Holy Father, Pope Francis, with the Papal Bull “ MultumFructum ” elevated also the Catholic Church in Eritrea to a Metropolitan Church suiiuris.
Subsequent Eastern Catholic eparchies were not created, however, for another six decades. Unfortunately, many of the Eastern Catholic faithful were by then affiliated with Latin Catholic parishes or had become Orthodox or Protestant.
Individual eparchies of some Eastern Catholic Churches may be suffragan to Latin Church metropolitans. For example, the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb. Also, some minor Eastern Catholic churches have Latin prelates.
States there are 16 Eastern Catholic Church eparchies and two Eastern Catholic Church archeparchies. In addition, there is one non-territorial Eastern Catholic Church apostolate in the United States. See also eparchy and archeparchy. eparchy – an Eastern Catholic Church equivalent of a diocese in the Latin Church. An eparchy is governed by
Metropolitan: Roughly, the Eastern equivalent of an archbishop. Myrovannya : Slavic term for a festal anointing with blessed oil. Mysteries : Roughly, the Eastern term for sacraments.
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In the Catholic Church, a province consists of a metropolitan archdiocese and one or more (1-13) suffragan dioceses headed by diocesan bishops or territorial prelatures and missions sui iuris. The archbishop of the metropolitan see is the metropolitan of the province.
