Armenian Catholic Church


Armenian Catholic Church
Armenian: Հայ Կաթողիկէ Եկեղեցի
Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut, the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia.
ClassificationEastern Catholic
OrientationEastern Christianity (Armenian)
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal
PopeFrancis
PatriarchRaphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
RegionArmenian diaspora
LanguageArmenian
LiturgyArmenian Rite
HeadquartersCathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator, Beirut, Lebanon
FounderAbraham Petros I Ardzivian
Origin1742
Ottoman Empire (modern Armenia)
Separated fromArmenian Apostolic Church
Members150,000 (independent estimates)[1][2]
757,726 (2017 Annuario Pontificio)[3]
Official websitewww.armeniancatholic.org

The Armenian Catholic Church[a] is an Eastern Catholic particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church. It accepts the leadership of the bishop of Rome, and is therefore in full communion with the universal Catholic Church, including the Latin Church and the 22 other Eastern Catholic Churches. The Armenian Catholic Church is regulated by Eastern canon law, summed up in the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

The head[4][5] of the sui iuris Armenian Catholic Church is the Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia, whose main cathedral and de facto archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Armenian Caritas is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia.

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  3. ^ Roberson, Ronald G. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2016" (PDF). Eastern Catholic Churches Statistics. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ^ Armenian Catholic Church Written by: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. ^ The Eastern Catholic Churches: Part 2, the Armenian Rite


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