Territory dependent on the Patriarch
In oriental canon law, a Territory Dependent on the Patriarch is a low-ranking, pre-diocesan type of Eastern Catholic jurisdiction, directly dependent on the Patriarch who heads a rite-specific Particular Church sui iuris, but not part of his or any ecclesiastical province (compare Latin exempt status), and in Rome depenent on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
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As of 2015, there are five such territories, in the Holy Land and North Africa :
- Antiochian Rite
- Syriac Catholic Church :
- Syriac Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan
- Byzantine Rite
- Melkite Catholic Church :
- Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
- Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem for the Holy Land
- Syro-Oriental Rite
- Chaldean Catholic Church, both in the Holy Land :
- Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem for Israel and Palestinian Territories
- Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan for (Trans)Jordan
See also
- Apostolic Exarchate
- Archiepiscopal Exarchate
- Patriarchal Exarchate
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