Melkite Greek Catholic bishops

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Melkite Greek Catholic bishops are the high-ranking clergy who oversee dioceses within the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite in full communion with the Pope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishops
group of religious leaders
appoint parish priests
canBeMemberOf College of Cardinals NERFINISHED
clericalOrder episcopate
communionWith Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Pope of Rome NERFINISHED
conferSacrament Confirmation
Holy Orders
denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches NERFINISHED
differIn liturgical traditions from Roman Catholic bishops
follow Byzantine liturgical calendar NERFINISHED
geographicPresence Americas NERFINISHED
Australia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
haveAuthorityOver Melkite Greek Catholic deacons
Melkite Greek Catholic priests
historicalOrigin See of Antioch NERFINISHED
languageOfLiturgy Arabic
Greek
other vernacular languages
maintainApostolicSuccessionFrom early Christian bishops of Antioch
maintainCommunionWith other Eastern Catholic bishops
mayHoldTitle archeparch
auxiliary bishop
eparch
titular bishop
oversee Melkite Greek Catholic dioceses
eparchies
participateIn Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED
partOf Melkite Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED
rank high-ranking clergy
religiousAffiliation Melkite Greek Catholic Church NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Byzantine Christianity
Eastern Catholicism NERFINISHED
responsibleFor administration of dioceses
discipline of clergy
liturgical oversight
pastoral care of the faithful
teaching of the faith
shareDoctrineWith Roman Catholic bishops
subjectTo Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches NERFINISHED
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch NERFINISHED
usesLiturgicalRite Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED
wearVestments Byzantine episcopal vestments

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Patriarch of Antioch and All the East hasAuthorityOver Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
Synod of Bishops of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church hasAuthorityOver Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
this entity surface form: Melkite Greek Catholic archeparchies
1990 Synod of Bishops on the Formation of Priests participants Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
this entity surface form: Catholic bishops
1994 Synod of Bishops on Consecrated Life participants Melkite Greek Catholic bishops
this entity surface form: Catholic bishops