The Eastern Catholic Churches 2009 Source: Annuario Pontificio

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1 The Eastern Catholic Churches 2009 Source: Annuario Pontificio The Armenian Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon (Patriarchal) 15,000 12,000 10,000 12,000 12, Eparchy of Ispahan, Iran 2,200 2,200 10,000 10,000 8, Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq 2,200 2,000 2,000 2,000 1, Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) Egypt 1,500 1,287 1, , Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria 15,000 17,000 17,000 17,500 17, Eparchy of Kamichlié, Syria 4,303 4,000 4,000 4,000 4, Damascus, Syria (patriarchal exarchate) 4,000 4,000 4,500 4,500 4, Archeparchy of Istanbul, Turkey 3,700 3,680 3,670 3,650 6, Amman and Jerusalem (patriarchal exarchate) Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30, Ordinariate for Greece (Athens) Apostolic Exarchate for Latin America and Mexico 30,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12, Eparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek, Buenos Aires estab ,000 16,000 16,000 16, Ordinariate for Romania (Gherla) --- 1, Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg, New York (US and Canada) 34,300 36,000 36,000 36,000 36, Ordinariate for Eastern Europe (Gyumri, Armenia) estab , , , , TOTAL 142, , , , , The Coptic Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Eparchy of Alexandria (Patriarchal) 60,000 88, ,000 27,409 31, Eparchy of Assiut, Egypt 34,500 35,000 45,000 50,000 50, Eparchy of Guizeh, Egypt estab ,990 5, Eparchy of Ismayliah, Egypt 5,000 6,500 6,700 7,000 7, Eparchy of Luqsor and Thebes, Egypt 21,000 17,543 18,000 18,600 18, Eparchy of Minya, Egypt 20,084 38,835 40,530 40,530 40, Eparchy of Sohag, Egypt 12,000 12,000 12,560 12,320 12, TOTAL 152, , , , , Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2008 figures)

2 The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church (Metropolitanate) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 42,800 51,732 32,210 27,580 28, Eparchy of Adigrat, Ethiopia 14,970 16,625 19,326 20,050 21, Eparchy of Emdeber, Ethiopia estab ,000 19,000 19, Eparchy of Asmara, Eritrea 60,780 46,303 58,624 59,542 64, Eparchy of Barentu, Eritrea estab ,000 37,929 39,859 39, Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea estab ,889 53,135 42,062 43, TOTAL 118, , , , , , The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum, India 221, , , , , Eparchy of Marthandom, India 61,025 64,450 63,750 63, Eparchy of Mavelikara, India estab ,523 25, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tiruvalla, India 41,250 55,945 36,673 37,486 37, Eparchy of Battery, India 19,000 24,250 25,512 25,600 27, Eparchy of Muvattupuzha, India estab ,067 11,677 12, TOTAL 281, , , , , , The Syrian Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon 23,000 26,000 14,500 14,700 14, Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq 23,000 24,000 25,000 22,000 18, Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq 22,650 29,500 35,000 40,000 40, Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf, Iraq 320 1, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman, Jordan ,298 1,550 1,550 1, Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt 2,000 1,763 1,728 1,634 1, Sudan (patriarchal dependency) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria 4,000 6,200 6,500 9,000 14, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria 9,255 10,000 10,000 10,000 10, Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria 8,750 8,800 8,000 8,000 8, Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria 3,810 5,200 5,630 35,000 35, Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey 2,500 2,125 2,155 2,160 2, Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark, New Jersey estab ,780 13,140 13,436 13, Apostolic Exarchate for Venezuela (Maracay) estab ,870 5, TOTAL 100, , , , , Page 2

3 The Maronite Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Archeparchy of Antelias, Lebanon 170, , , , , Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon 250, , , , , Archeparchy of Tripoli, Lebanon 89, , , , , Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon 22,000 44,000 42,000 43,000 43, Eparchy of Baalbek Deir El-Ahmar, Lebanon 47,000 35,000 30,000 34,100 34, Eparchy of Batrun ,000 73,000 73, Eparchy of Jbeil - Byblos, Lebanon 469, , , , , Eparchy of Joubbe, Batrun and Sarba, Lebanon (Patriarchal)* 110, Eparchy of Joubbe, Sarba and Jounieh (Patriarchal) , , , , Eparchy of Jounieh, Lebanon** 205, Eparchy of Saïda, Lebanon 94,700 65,000 83,000 68,000 68, Eparchy of Zahleh, Lebanon estab ,520 50,777 51,200 48, Archeparchy of Cyprus 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan 1,200 1,200 1,200 1, Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land 7,000 7,000 7,000 7, Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt 4,350 5,000 5,003 5,430 5, Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria 3,225 4,105 4,105 4,000 4, Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria 7,000 8,000 12,000 14,000 14, Eparchy of Lattaquié, Syria 23,000 27,000 31,000 33,000 33, Eparchy of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina estab , , , , Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Libano em Sao Paulo, Brazil 418, , , , , Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA estab ,108 27,500 41,592 44, Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, USA 52,000 30,000 30,000 33,000 33, Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney, Australia 125, , , , , Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Canada 75,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80, Nuestra Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico estab , , , , TOTAL 2,176,152 3,124,086 3,107,344 3,090,509 3,201, , , *Batrun separated and Jounieh added in **United with Joubbe and Sarba in Page 3

4 The Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq (Patriarchal) 325, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kerkuk, Iraq 5,330 5,050 5,700 7,000 7, Archeparchy of Arbil, Iraq 12,314 12,000 12,200 16,000 16, Archeparchy of Basra, Iraq 4,000 2,600 2,500 2,500 1, Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq 19,800 20,000 20,600 18,200 18, Eparchy of Alquoch, Iraq 13,500 16,190 17,487 24,630 27, Eparchy of Amadiyah, Iraq 2,000 2,452 2,000 4,000 4, Eparchy of Aqra, Iraq , Eparchy of Sulaimaniya, Iraq Eparchy of Zaku, Iraq 7,000 6,548 12,700 18,650 21, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Teheran, Iran 5,500 3,500 3,000 2,850 2, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Urmya and Eparchy of Salmas, Iran 2,250 1,500 1,500 1,430 1, Archeparchy of Ahwaz, Iran Patriarchal Dependency of Jordan 0 0 7,000 10,000 7, Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon 8,600 10,000 10,000 10,000 10, Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt Eparchy of Aleppo, Beroea and Halab, Syria 10,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15, Archeparchy of Diarbekir, Turkey 2,900 5,000 5,925 4,016 4, Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA estab ,000 40,200 40, Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, USA 50,000 70,000 77, , , Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney, Australia estab ,000 30, TOTAL 469, , , , , Page 4

5 The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate) Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Anagamaly 398, , , , , Eparchy of Idukki, India estab , , , Eparchy of Kothamangalam, India 334, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanacherry 345, , , , , Eparchy of Kanjirapally, India 150, , , , , Eparchy of Palai, India 284, , , , , Eparchy of Thuckalay, India 20,000 24,429 27,838 28, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kottayam, India 114, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tellicherry, India 244, , , , , Eparchy of Belthangady, India estab ,500 20,100 22, Eparchy of Bhadravathi estab , Eparchy of Mananthavady, India 130, , , , , Eparchy of Thamarasserry, India 103, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trichur, India 376, , , , , Eparchy of Irinjalakuda, India 214, , , , , Eparchy of Palghat, India 49,344 64,370 66,061 68,004 69, Eparchy of Adilabad, India estab ,154 13,273 13, Eparchy of Bijnor, India 786 1,893 2,238 3,117 3, Eparchy of Chanda, India 21,627 20,500 12,925 14,079 14, Eparchy of Gorakhpur, India 1,152 2,449 2,861 3,164 3, Eparchy of Jagdalpur, India 2,451 4,876 6,345 6,988 7, Eparchy of Kalyan, India 100, , , , , Eparchy of Rajkot, India 9,100 9,800 12,000 12,850 13, Eparchy of Sagar, India 3,112 6,350 6,710 7,000 7, Eparchy of Satna, India 1,441 2,620 2,707 2,815 3, Eparchy of Ujjain, India 1,416 2,640 3,200 3,310 3, Eparchy of St Thomas of Chicago, USA estab ,000 85,000 85, TOTAL 2,887,050 3,400,093 3,699,142 3,947,396 3,812, ,742 3,304 2,368 4,463 32, ,107 Page 5

6 The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Patriarchate) Patriarchal Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria 90, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria 11,000 20,000 17,000 17,000 17, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Bosra, Syria 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,000 27, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria 24,620 25,000 27,000 30,000 30, Archeparchy of Lattaquié, Syria 11,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Beirut and Gibail, Lebanon 150, , , , , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon 7,000 8,700 7,000 3,200 3, Archeparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon 25,000 14,000 15,200 20,000 20, Archeparchy of Baniyas, Lebanon 8,000 3,300 1,300 2,500 2, Archeparchy of Saida, Lebanon 7,000 25,000 27,000 28,000 23, Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon 7,000 7,000 10,000 10,000 10, Archeparchy of Zahleh and Furzol, Lebanon 115, , , , , Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia, Jordan 20,000 31,200 31,300 31,300 27, Archeparchy of Akka, Israel 40,000 54,000 67,890 80,000 95, Jerusalem (patriarchal dependency) 3,000 3,300 3,300 3,300 3, Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraiso em Sao Paulo, Brazil 368, , , , , Eparchy of Newton, USA 25,950 27,500 29,024 26,704 26, Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada 30,000 43,000 43,000 33,000 33, Eparchy of Nuestra Senora del Paraiso en Mexico 2,000 2,500 4,600 4,700 4, Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq Egypt and Sudan (patriarchal dependency) 8,000 6,500 6,500 6,500 6, Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait 4, Eparchy of Saint Michael's of Sydney, Australia 40,000 45,000 45,000 45,000 45, Apostolic Exarchate in Venezuela (Caracas) estab ,000 25,000 25,000 25, Apostolic Exarchate in Argentina estab , , TOTAL 1,024,410 1,251,300 1,342,014 1,597,304 1,603, Page 6

7 The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate) Major Archeparchy of Kyiv, Ukraine 300, , , , Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine --- 1,607, , , , Eparchy of Buchach, Ukraine estab , , , Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine , , , , Eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi, Ukraine estab , , , , Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych, Ukraine estab , , , , Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva, Ukraine estab , , , Eparchy of Stryj, Ukraine estab , , , Eparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv, Ukraine united , , , Eparchy of Ternopil. Ukraine estab united Zboriv , Eparchy of Zboriv, Ukraine estab united Ternopil , Archepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk-Kharkiv, Ukraine estab ,000 8,000 8, Archepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa-Krym, Ukraine estab ,000 75,000 75, Archepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk estab , Metropolitan Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw, Poland ,000 32,000 32,000 32, Eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk, Poland 53,000 50,000 21,000 21, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia, USA 77,571 69,088 65,500 22,428 22, Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, USA 11,964 11,522 11,058 10,862 10, Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, USA 28,000 9,500 12,000 10,500 10, Eparchy of Stamford, USA 40,998 16,684 16,000 16,873 16, Metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada 49,350 45,000 29,740 29,740 29, Eparchy of Edmonton, Canada 40,907 26,250 26,250 28,750 28, Eparchy of New Westminster, Canada 7,700 4,000 7,835 7,835 7, Eparchy of Saskatoon, Canada 24,000 12,200 12,700 8,422 8, Eparchy of Toronto, Canada 80,000 83,200 36,910 10,866 36, Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain 27,000 15,000 15,000 50,000 50, Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia 25,000 35,400 35,050 32,500 32, Apostolic Exarchate of Germany & Scandinavia (Munich) 27,450 38,000 80,000 50,800 51, Apostolic Exarchate of France 16,000 16,000 15,000 15,000 20, Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, Brazil 130, , , , , Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires 122, , , , , TOTAL 707,940 5,159,633 4,268,577 4,284,082 4,311, ,825 2, , Page 7

8 The Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church (Metropolitanate in USA) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, USA 143,784 75,261 60,100 59,484 59, Eparchy of Parma, USA 22,202 12,680 12,401 12,328 8, Eparchy of Passaic, USA 85,050 51,771 24,031 20,258 18, Eparchy of Van Nuys, USA 17,125 3,108 2,849 2,795 2, Eparchy of Mukacevo, Ukraine , , , , Apostolic Exarchate of the Czech Republic 200, , , , TOTAL 268, , , , , The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Major Archepiscopate) Jurisdiction Bish Par SecPr RelPr MRel FRel Dc Sm Metropolitan Archeparchy of Fagaras & Alba Julia, Romania 495, , , , , Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Romania 505, ,000 60,000 60,000 60, Eparchy of Lugoj, Romania 500,000 40,000 96, , , Eparchy of Maramures, Romania 477, , , , , Eparchy of Oradea Mare, Romania 29, , , , , Eparchy of Saint George's in Canton, Ohio, USA 5,250 5,300 5,000 5,800 5, TOTAL 2,011,635 1,390, , , , , Greek Catholics in Former Yugoslavia Eparchy of Križevci, Croatia 48,768 48,775 15,311 21,389 21, Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro estab ,934 22,653 22, Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia* estab ,398 15,175 15, TOTAL 48,768 48,775 49,643 59,217 58, * The Annuario Pontificio now lists the Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia separately from the other two jurisdictions, which are included under Byzantines of the Eparchy of Križevci. The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church Apostolic Exarchate for Greece (Athens) 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2, Apostolic Exarchate for Turkey (Istanbul) TOTAL 2, ,340 2,325 2, The Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church Apostolic Exarchate of Sophia, Bulgaria 15,000 15,000 10,000 10,000 10, Page 8

9 The Slovak Greek Catholic Church (Metropolitanate) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Presov, Slovakia 361, , , , , Eparchy of Bratislava, Slovakia estab , Eparchy of Kosice, Slovakia estab ,304 83,776 83,720 83, Eparchy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Toronto, Canada 30,000 20,000 5,000 25,000 2, TOTAL 391, , , , , The Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Eparchy of Lungro, Italy (continental Italy) 32,500 32,965 32,800 33,000 32, Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy (Sicily) 28,800 28,500 28,500 28,500 28, Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy TOTAL 61,404 61,563 61,398 61,598 61, The Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church Eparchy of Hajdudorog, Hungary 250, , , , , Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc, Hungary 22,000 25,000 19,948 20,000 20, TOTAL 272, , , , , The Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Jurisdiction Bish Par SecPr RelPr MRel FRel Dc Sm Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania 1,121 2,474 3,200 3,600 3, Ordinariates for the Faithful of Various Eastern Catholic Churches Without Their Own Hierarchy Country Par SecPr RelPr MRel FRel Dc Sm Argentina 110,000 14,000 2,000 2,000 2, Austria 5,000 5,000 8,000 8,000 10, Brazil 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10, France 45,000 45,000 45,000 45, , Poland Compiled by Ronald G. Roberson, CSP Page 9