Armenian Catholic Church
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The Armenian Catholic Church[lower-alpha 1] is an Eastern Catholic particular churches 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.
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Armenian Catholic Church | |
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Armenian: Հայ Կաթողիկէ Եկեղեցի | |
Classification | Eastern Catholic |
Orientation | Eastern Christianity (Armenian) |
Theology | Catholic theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Pope | Francis |
Patriarch | Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian |
Region | Armenian diaspora |
Language | Armenian |
Liturgy | Armenian Rite |
Headquarters | Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator, Beirut, Lebanon |
Founder | Abraham Petros I Ardzivian |
Origin | 1742 Ottoman Empire (modern Armenia) |
Separated from | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Members | 150,000 (independent estimates)[1][2] 757,726 (2017 Annuario Pontificio)[3] |
Official website | www |
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.