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The Catholic Church is divided in a number of sub-churches under the Pope:
The Catholic Church is divided in a number of sub-churches under the Pope:
* Roman Catholic Church (Latin rite)
* [[:Category:Roman Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic Church]]
* Coptic Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Armenian Catholic heraldry|Armenian Catholic Church]]
* Melkite Greek Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Chaldean Catholic heraldry|Chaldean Catholic Church]]
* Maronite Church
* [[:Category:Coptic Catholic heraldry|Coptic Catholic Church]]
* Syriac Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Macedonian Greek Catholic heraldry|Macedonian Greek Catholic Church]]
* Armenian Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Maronite Catholic heraldry|Maronite Catholic Church]]
* Chaldean Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Melkite Greek Catholic heraldry|Melkite Greek Catholic Church]]
* Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Romanian Greek Catholic heraldry|Romanian Greek Catholic Church]]
* Romanian Greek Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Ruthenian Catholic heraldry|Ruthenian Catholic Church]]
* Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Slovak Catholic heraldry|Slovak Catholic Church]]
* Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Syriac Catholic heraldry|Syriac Catholic Church]]
 
* [[:Category:Syro-Malabar Catholic heraldry|Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
The '''Roman Catholic Church''' is divided into the following structures:
* [[:Category:Syro-Malankara Catholic heraldry|Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]]
* [[:Category:Roman Catholic cardinals|Cardinals]], the  highest officials in the church
* [[:Category:Ukrainian Greek Catholic heraldry|Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]]
* Ecclesiastical Provinces
** [[:Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses|Archdioceses]], headed by an [[:Category:Roman Catholic archbishops|Archbishop]], often supported by an Auxiliary Bishop
*** [[:Category:Roman Catholic dioceses|Dioceses]], headed by a [[:Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Bishop]], sometimes supported by an Auxiliary Bishop
**** [[:Category:Roman Catholic parishes|Parishes]], headed by a [[:Category:Roman Catholic priests|Priest]]
**** [[:Category:Roman Catholic decanates|(Arch)Decanates]], groups of parishes
***** [[:Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals|Cathedrals]], the main church in a diocese and seat of an (arch)bishop
***** [[:Category:Roman Catholic basilicas|Basilicas]], churches with a special status, which may be a cathedral
* Dioceses and Archdioceses directly under the pope, not part of an ecclesiastical province
* [[:Category:Roman Catholic military ordinariates|Military Ordinariates]], dioceses for the military services
* [[:Category:Roman Catholic prelatures|Prelatures]] and [[:Category:Roman Catholic apostolic vicariates|Vicarates]], areas which are not (yet) part of a diocese
* [[:Category:Roman Catholic personal arms|Officials of the church]], with title of (arch)bishop of cardinal, but not connected to an (arch)diocese
 
* Monastic Orders
** [[:Category:Roman Catholic abbeys|Abbeys, monasteries and convents]], headed by abbots and mother-superiors
** [[:Category:Roman Catholic orders|Orders]]


Other Catholic churches, not under the Pope, include:
Other Catholic churches, not under the Pope, include:
* Liberal Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Liberal Catholic heraldry|Liberal Catholic Church]]
* Old Catholic Church
* [[:Category:Old Catholic heraldry|Old Catholic Church]]


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