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*Malabar Rite in India.

*Malabar Rite in India.

Some of the leaders of the Rites below reside in the same nation as the leader of an [[Eastern_Orthodox_Church | Orthodox Church]] that became separate churches due to the [[Great Schism]] in 1054. The name Roman Catholic Church was first used after 1054. Before 1054 both churches were known as the Catholic Christian Church. These Rites below are also known as [[Eastern_Catholic_Churches | Eastern Catholic Churches]]

Some of the leaders of the Rites below reside in the same nation as the leader of an [[Eastern_Orthodox_Church | Orthodox Church]] that became separate churches due to the [[Great Schism]] in 1054. The name Roman Catholic Church was first used after 1054. Before 1054 both churches were known as the Catholic Christian Church. These Rites below are also known as [[Eastern_Catholic_Churches | Eastern Catholic Churches]]

*Byzantine Rite 2nd largest Rite. The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Melkite, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak, and Ukrainian.  

*Byzantine Rite 2nd largest Rite. The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Macedonian, Melkite, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak, and Ukrainian.  

*Alexandria Rite in Alexandria Egypt.

*Alexandria Rite in Alexandria Egypt.

*Ge'ez Rite based in Ethiopia.

*Ge'ez Rite based in Ethiopia.