Greek Catholic Church

The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually.

The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Catholic Church may refer to:

• Individually, any of the 14 out of 23 Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine rite, also referred to as Greek Rite:
  • the Albanian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
  • the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, in Greece and Turkey
  • the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
  • the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
  • the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Russian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
  • the Slovak Greek Catholic Church
  • the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
• Any other group of Eastern Catholics following the Byzantine rite:
  • the Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics
  • an Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful without proper ordinary, in 6 countries
• The Catholic Church in Greece, the Latin Church Catholic hierarchy in Greece