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The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
The Catholic Church in North America refers to the Catholic Church in North America, in full communion with the Holy See in Rome, including its various geographical coverage on the continent. It is prevalent in many different countries, on the mainland and in both island countries and overseas territories, such as the United States , the ...
Ecumenical Catholic Communion: Independent Catholic Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Anglican Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Lutheran Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Eastern Orthodox Hungarian Reformed Church in America: Reformed International Council of Community Churches: Community Church movement
Catholic Church councils by country (8 C) Catholic dioceses by country (11 C) ... Catholic Church in the Nordic countries; Boniface Sauer; Catholic Church in North Korea;
Catholic Church by continent (12 C) Eastern Catholicism by continent (10 C) A. ... Catholicism in North America (12 C, 2 P) O. Catholicism in Oceania (4 C, 1 P) S.
Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic populations, lack (the need for) ecclesiastical province(s) and hence for large Metropolitan archdioceses and may rather have canonical jurisdictions that are immediately subject to the Holy See – dioceses, ordinariates, apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates ...
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
The Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches in North America and Central America comprise 14 episcopal conferences, which together include 100 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is headed by a metropolitan archbishop.