sui iuris Church

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A sui iuris Church is an autonomous particular Church within the Catholic communion, governed by its own hierarchy and law while remaining in full unity with the Pope.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canonical concept
ecclesiastical jurisdiction
particular Church
definedAs community of Christian faithful joined by a hierarchy according to law and recognized expressly or tacitly by the supreme authority of the Church
differsFrom diocese
religious institute
governedBy own hierarchy
own particular law
hasCanonicalDefinitionIn Code of Canon Law
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
hasEcclesiologicalStatus autonomous
hasExample Albanian Greek Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Chaldean Catholic Church
Coptic Catholic Church
Eritrean Catholic Church
Ethiopian Catholic Church
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
Latin Church
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Maronite Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Russian Greek Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
hasHeadTitle Major Archbishop
Metropolitan
Patriarch
eparchial bishop
hasLanguage various liturgical languages
hasOwn particular canon law
hasRite Alexandrian liturgical tradition
linked to: Alexandrian Rite

Antiochian liturgical tradition
Armenian liturgical tradition
Byzantine liturgical tradition
Chaldean liturgical tradition
Latin liturgical tradition
hasSupremeAuthorityOf Roman Pontiff
linked to: Pope
inFullCommunionWith Bishop of Rome
linked to: Pope

Pope
maintains full unity of faith with the Catholic Church
partOf Catholic Church
recognizedBy Holy See
subjectTo universal canon law of the Catholic Church

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Catholic canon law recognizes sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches
linked to: sui iuris Church
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East patriarchalChurchType sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church
linked to: sui iuris Church
CCEO appliesTo sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches
linked to: sui iuris Church
Fülöp Kocsis typeOfJurisdictionLed sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church
linked to: sui iuris Church
Sviatoslav Shevchuk partOf Catholic Church sui iuris
linked to: sui iuris Church