Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

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The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite rooted in the Albanian communities of Italy and Sicily, in full communion with the Pope while preserving its distinct liturgical and cultural traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite church
Eastern Catholic Church
sui iuris particular church
belongsToRiteFamily Greek Byzantine tradition
churchSuiIurisOf Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
country Italy
followsCanonLaw Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
followsChristology Chalcedonian
followsTheology Catholic theology
hasClergyTitle eparch
hasClericalDiscipline married clergy permitted
hasCulturalTradition Arbëreshë tradition
hasEcclesialIdentity Eastern in rite and discipline, Catholic in communion
hasEparchy Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi
hasEthnicRoot Albanian communities in Italy
Arbëreshë people
hasFaithful Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arbëreshë Catholics
hasHistoricalDevelopment formed from Byzantine-rite Albanian communities in Italy
hasHistoricalOrigin Albanian refugees fleeing Ottoman expansion
hasLiturgicalCalendar Byzantine liturgical calendar with local adaptations
hasLiturgicalForm Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
hasLiturgicalTradition Byzantine tradition
hasMajorCenters Grottaferrata
Lungro
Piana degli Albanesi
hasMonastery Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
surface form: Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
hasMonasticTradition Basilian monasticism
hasPatrimony Albanian-Italian cultural patrimony
Byzantine liturgical patrimony
hasTerritorialAbbacy Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
hasTerritory Sicily
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
isDistinctFrom Latin Church in Italy
isImmediatelySubjectTo Holy See
isInCommunionWith Holy See
Pope
isNotPartOf any ecclesiastical province
isPartOf Byzantine Rite Catholic communion
isRecognizedBy Second Vatican Council as Eastern Catholic Church
preserves Albanian language in liturgy and culture
Byzantine chant
surface form: Byzantine chant traditions
protects Arbëreshë religious customs
recognizesSupremePontiffAs Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

head of the Catholic Church
usesLiturgicalLanguage Albanian
Greek
Italian
usesLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church hasEparchy Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church hasEparchy Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church hasFaithful Italo-Albanian Catholic Church self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arbëreshë Catholics
Eastern Catholic Churches hasMajorChurch Italo-Albanian Catholic Church