Types of churches

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I was reading the website of some Basilica in the US, and it noted that their church is not a parish church.

I thought that all churches were parishes, and the only distinctions that existed were regarding Cathedrals and Basilicas; but I thought all of them are still parishes.

What kinds of churches other than parishes are there? I don’t mean the designation of Cathedral and Basilica – I already know that like the back of my hand. But, when is a church not a parish church? Is it outlined in Canon Law?
 
The term parish does not refer to the church building or campus but the entire community the parish church serves- a geographical area.

In addition to parish churches, there are monastery churches, chapels of convenience, oratories and shrines.

Some parishes have more than 1 church, the community is the parish regardless of how many, if any, church buildings it owns.
 
Kielbasi said:
Some parishes have more than 1 church, the community is the parish regardless of how many, if any, church buildings it owns.
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In those cases, are both churches normally considered “parish churches”, or would the second sometimes fall into one of the other categories you mention?
 
I don’t think the Redemptorist churches (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) are parish churches.
 
Digitonomy said:
In those cases, are both churches normally considered “parish churches”, or would the second sometimes fall into one of the other categories you mention?
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Sometimes the second is considered a “chapel of convenience”. I can’t tell you when, but I have heard the term as well as “worship site” in reference to the secondary churches.
 
thistle said:
Okay I didn’t know that. I only know two anyway. One in Singapore and one in Philippines and neither are parish churches.
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That big one in Baclaran? I always thought it also was a parish. I guess it’s a shrine instead?

So what’s the difference between a shrine and a parish church?

Please cite sources if you know of any.
 
Note Canon Law
Can. 1214 By the term church is understood a sacred building designated for divine worship to which the faithful have the right of entry for the exercise, especially the public exercise, of divine worship.
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Can. 1223 By the term oratory is understood a place for divine worship designated by permission of the ordinary for the benefit of some community or group of the faithful who gather in it and to which other members of the faithful can also come with the consent of the competent superior.
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Can. 1226 By the term private chapel is understood a place for divine worship designated by permission of the local ordinary for the benefit of one or more physical persons.
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Can. 1230 By the term shrine is understood a church or other sacred place to which numerous members of the faithful make pilgrimage for a special reason of piety, with the approval of the local ordinary.
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Other canons detail what can and can’t be done in each.
 
JesuXPIPassio said:
That big one in Baclaran? I always thought it also was a parish. I guess it’s a shrine instead?

So what’s the difference between a shrine and a parish church?

Please cite sources if you know of any.
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I forgot about Baclaran. I don’t know if that’s a parish church or not. The one I’m thinking about is in Quezon province.
As to your question I don’t know the difference between a shrine and parish church.
 
Kielbasi said:
The term parish does not refer to the church building or campus but the entire community the parish church serves- a geographical area.

In addition to parish churches, there are monastery churches, chapels of convenience, oratories and shrines.

Some parishes have more than 1 church, the community is the parish regardless of how many, if any, church buildings it owns.
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Exactly - for example here in the Archdiocese of Sydney we have a Monastery church run by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, a chapel at the Archdiocesan Offices in the city, and a chapel at the University.

I doubt that any of these places would, for example, do baptisms or marriages. Certainly haven’t seen a baptismal font in any of them. The office chapel never offers the sacrament of confession and neither chapel has a Mass of a Sunday, only on weekdays.
 
thistle said:
I don’t think the Redemptorist churches (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) are parish churches.
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That isn’t the case. The Redemptorists ran Holy Redeemer Parish in Portland, OR for years.
 
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