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Members of the Armed Forces of the United States and their dependents, employees of the US Veterans Health Administration and its patients, and Americans in civil service overseas, including the Nation's diplomatic corps and their dependents, both Catholics of the Latin Church and Eastern Churches, are served by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.
In the Latin Church, a married man may not be admitted even to the diaconate unless he is legitimately destined to remain a deacon and not become a priest. [38] Marriage after ordination is not possible, and attempting it can result in canonical penalties. [39] The Eastern Catholic Churches, unlike the Latin Church, have a married clergy.
the Latin Diocese of Skopje, a suffragan in the province of the Bosnian Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vrhbosna; the Eastern Catholic (Byzantine Rite) Macedonian Catholic Church, comprising only the exempt Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje, vested in the above Latin Church bishop of Skopje
The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches).
The Diocese of San Diego (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Didaci) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern California, United States. Its ecclesiastical territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial counties.
In comparison to Europe and other Western nations, the Catholic Church still has a major influence in Latin American society. The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%), [1] mostly Catholics belonging to the Latin Church. [2] In 2012 Latin America constitutes, in absolute terms, the world's second largest Christian population ...
The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church based in the southern Indian city of Kollam. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum. The Diocese of Quilon covers an area of 1,950 km 2 (753 square miles) that contains a population of ...
The Diocese of Rome (Latin: Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; [2] Italian: Diocesi di Roma), also called the Vicariate of Rome, [3] is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church.