Territory dependent on the Patriarch
In Eastern Catholic canon law, a territory dependent on the patriarch is a low-ranking, pre-diocesan type of Eastern Catholic jurisdiction, directly dependent on the patriarch who heads a rite-specific particular church sui iuris, but not part of his or any ecclesiastical province (compare Latin exempt status), and in Rome depenent on the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
As of 2015, there are five such territories, in the Holy Land and North Africa:
- Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan
- Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem for the Holy Land
- Syro-Oriental Rite
- Chaldean Catholic Church, both in the Holy Land:
- Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jerusalem for Israel and Palestinian Territories
- Chaldean Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Jordan for (Trans)Jordan
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