Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in France

The Ordinariate for Eastern (Rite) Catholics in France (or France of the Eastern Rite) (French: Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France) is a Catholic Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful (pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction within a Latin rite territory), jointly for Eastern Catholics in various rites and languages of particular churches sui iuris without proper jurisdiction there.

It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, and depends directly on its Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

It remains vested in the Latin Church Metropolitan Archbishop of national capital Paris, the incumbents of which so far were all created Cardinals.

It is headquartered 24 rue de Babylone, 75007 Paris.

History

It was established on 1954.06.16, on the territory of France, previously only served pastorally by the Latin church.

However it was to lose jurisdiction over three Eastern Catholic rite-specific particular churches sui iuris' to the following jurisdictions directly dependent on their particular chiefs, but not part of any ecclesiastical province :

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 21,700 Eastern Catholics in 9 parishes with 30 priests (27 diocesan, 3 religious), 2 deacons, 32 lay religious (13 brothers, 19 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Ordinaries of France of Eastern Rite

(for bios, see also the Metropolitan Paris see)

It has had one Auxiliary Bishop :

See also

References

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