Eastern Catholic churches have their own dioceses (generally called eparchies), which may or may not overlap with Latin Rite dioceses. So an Eastern bishop will be in charge of his own eparchy, which might cover the same ground as, say, two and a half local Latin dioceses. The Eastern bishop has no role at all in the Latin dioceses; he is not a “co-bishop.” They are independent bishops of their own people and dioceses, which just happen to cover roughly the same portion of the country. You are standing right now in a Latin diocese and one or more Eastern eparchies, and it is your canonical status as a Latin-rite Catholic that determines that it is the Latin bishop, and not any Eastern eparch, who has canonical authority over you. If you formally switched rites, then the situation would reverse.
.Is this true even with very, very small Eastern Orthodox congregations? In my town, we have an Orthodox building right next to the oldest Roman Catholic church in town. It’s a very small building, and they use the Roman Catholic church for the Liturgy of the Hours (which is awesome) and their own services. I have always thought that this was really neat, as I love seeing such unity, and they almost seem more knowledgeable about our parish than the actual Roman Catholics, haha!
If there is an Eastern eparchy (diocese) which covers that territory for that particular Eastern Church sui iuris then each bishop would have jurisdiction over his own parishes and parishioners. There is no “shared jurisdiction.”
The Copts in Britain are also under the His Holiness the Patriarch of Alexandria… just thought I would throw them in the mix lolMy Parish is in a Latin Rite Diocese. We are also physically within the areas overseen by the South Eastern Group of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Opus Dei, the Georgian Archbishop of London, the Melkite Exarch of London, the Belarussian Metropolitan of England, the Chaldean Archbishop for England and possibly a few others I’ve forgotten or hadn’t realised were Catholic. The only ones I’m not in touch with are Opus Dei although I’m probably under observation
To be picky, the entire earth is within Opus Dei’s geographic jurisdiction :bigyikes:.My Parish is in a Latin Rite Diocese. We are also physically within the areas overseen by the South Eastern Group of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Opus Dei, the Georgian Archbishop of London, the Melkite Exarch of London, the Belarussian Metropolitan of England, the Chaldean Archbishop for England and possibly a few others I’ve forgotten or hadn’t realised were Catholic. The only ones I’m not in touch with are Opus Dei although I’m probably under observation
It would depend on the local set up, it is likely that the the small orthodox congregation is under the jurisdiction of an orthodox bishop/eparchy. The parish itself would likely be presided over by a priest reporting to a bishop, and not the bishop himself though, if that was your question.
Yes, quite so. The general rule is: where a Church does not have its own diocese (“eparchy” if you will), any parishes of that Church in a particular country are under the jurisdiction of local Latin Ordinary. For example, there are two Coptic CC parishes in the US, both of which are technically under the jurisdiction of the local Latin Ordinary. The same, I believe, true for the small handful of Russian CC congregations here.
Yes, that is what I was asking in my rambling, roundabout way.
Thank you so much! That is very interesting!I believe that the Military Archdiocese also has the entire earth as its jurisdiction.
What area is that? I know of a couple of mission parishes in the Melkite Church that are served out of a Melkite parish and therefore fall under the jurisdiction of the Melkite Bishop in the United States.
Vancouver, BC
If given the proper faculties, then yes. Look at the Divine Liturgy in Hong Kong video I posted here:
Technically you do not need faculties to concelebrate. Only the celebrant needs faculties.
Oh, right. Thanks.
The four Russian Greek/Eastern/Byzantine Catholic Churches in the US are under Latin Bishops. For my Russian parish at this time in our history this has been a true blessing. We have received a great deal of care and support during a time of significant challenges. Were our bishop/eparch 2000 miles away things likely would have been very different, and much more difficult. Sometimes there are silver linings in these clouds.
