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The Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics 2006
Source: Annuario Paontificio
NOTE: (+) - Positive growth in the past year
1. ACCORDING TO CANONICAL STATUS
I. Patriarchates
A. The Chaldean Catholic Church (351,141)
B. The Maronite Catholic Church (3,111,934)+
C. The Armenian Catholic Church (374,283)+
D. The Coptic Catholic Church (265,500)+
E. The Syrian Catholic Church (132,283)+
F. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (1,350,207)+
II. Major Archepiscopal Churches
A. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (4,287,664)+
B. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (3,758,710)+
C. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (408,263)+
D. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (759,620)+
III. Metropolitan Churches
A. The Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church USA, (99,288)
B. The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (215,615)
IV. Other Churches sui iuris
A. The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (10,000)
B. The Greek Catholic Church in Greece and Turkey (2,330)
C. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (290,000)+
D. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (63,298)+
E. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (219,015)
F. Ruthenian Greek Catholics
1. The Eparchy of Mukacevo (320,000)
2. The Apostolic Exarchate in Czech Republic (177,704)
G. Greek Catholics in former Yugoslavia
1. The Eparchy of Krizevci, Croatia (21,467)+
2. The Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia and Montenegro (22,897)
3. The Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM ( Macedonia) (11,483)+
V. Communities without hierarchy
Russians, Belarusans, Georgians, Albanians
2. RANKED BY SIZE
1. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,287,664)
2. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 3,758,710)
3. The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 3,111,934)
4. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 1,350,207)
5. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 759,620)
6. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 408,263)
7. The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 374,283)
8. The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 351,141)
9. The Eparchy of Mukacevo (320,000)
10. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (290,000)
11. The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 265,500)
12. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (219,015)
13. The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 215,615)
14. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in Czech Republic (177,704)
15. The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 132,283)
16. The (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church USA (Metropolitan: 99,288)
17. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (63,298)
18. The Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia and Montenegro (22,897)
19. The Eparchy of Krizevci (21,467)
20. The Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM ( Macedonia) (11,483)
21. The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (10,000)
22. The Greek Catholic Church in Greece and Turkey (2,330)
3. GROUPED ACCORDING TO “RITE”
Alexandrian Tradition
1. The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 265,500)
2. The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitan: 215,615)
Antiochian Tradition
1. The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 3,111,934)
2. The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 132,283)
3. The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 408,263)
Armenian Tradition
1. The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 374,283)
Chaldean or East Syrian Tradition
1. The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 351,141)
2. The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 3,758,710)
Byzantine or Constantinopolitan Tradition (“Greek Catholic”)
1. The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchal: 1,350,207)
2. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 4,287,664)
3. The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopal: 759,620)
4. The (Ruthenian) Byzantine Catholic Church USA (Metropolitan: 99,288)
5. The Eparchy of Mukacevo (320,000)
6. The Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (290,000)
7. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (219,015)
8. The Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in Czech Republic (177,704)
9. The Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Church (63,298)
10. The Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia and Montenegro (22,897)
11. The Eparchy of Krizevci (21,467)
12. The Apostolic Exarchate in FYROM ( Macedonia) (11,483)
13. The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (10,000)
14. The Greek Catholic Church in Greece and Turkey (2,330)
Compiled by Ron Roberson, CSP
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