Not to be confused with Roman Catholic Diocese of Armenia or Armenian Apostolic Church.
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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.
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
The Armenian Catholic Church[a] 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.
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.
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^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.
^Armenian Catholic Church Written by: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
^The Eastern Catholic Churches: Part 2, the Armenian Rite
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