How many churches are there in the Catholic church?

Answer 1

The answer to this question is almost impossible, as some Catholic churches, while still be recognized as such, have been put to other uses or turned into museums. As well, there are chapels and many other such designations that function as a church building but which are not registered as such.

The closest statistic to your query is the number of parishes. In 2005 the number of parishes, with or without a resident pastor, numbered 270,125.

Answer 2

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Western Church:

• Roman Rite
  • Ordinary Form
  • Extraordinary Form
  • Anglican Use
• Mozarbic Rite
• Ambrosian Rite
• Bragan Rite
• Dominican Rite (used by the Dominican religious Order; Its use has been suppressed since Vatican II)
• Carmelite Rite (Used by the Carmelite Religious Order; Its use has been suppressed since Vatican II)
• Carthusian Rite (Used by the Carthusian Religious Order; Its use has been suppressed since Vatican II)

Eastern Churches:

• Alexandrian Rite
• Antiochian Rite
• Armenian Rite
• Byzantine Rite
• Chaldean Rite

Answer 3

Catholic AnswerThere are numerous creeds in the Catholic Church, but only two of which are used regularly. The Nicene Creed is recited at Mass on all Solemnities (highest rank of a holy day) and Sundays. The Apostles Creed is usually said at the beginning of the Rosary, occasionally in Masses for Children, etc. There are many other creeds, as in the Credo of the People of God by Pope Paul VI, the Profession of Faith by Pope Pius IV in his bull, Iniunctum nobis in 1564, the Athanasian Creed which used to be said at Prime on the feast of the Holy Trinity and on lesser Sundays after Epiphany and Pentecost, unless a commemoration has been made at Lauds of a double feast or an octave. Prime has been suppressed, however, since Vatican II.

Answer 4

There is only one Catholic Church, but there are different types of Catholic churches such as the eastern rite. The Eastern Rite Catholic church uses icons (pictures) instead of statues, has the gated altar and speaks partly in Latin and partly in the common language of the location. They all acknowledge the Pope as the ruler of their church.

If the question is about church buildings, often simply called churches, there are probably hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic church buildings.

Answer 5

Roman Catholic AnswerThere are no psalms "in the Catholic Church". The psalms are in The Bible, in the book of Psalms. The book of Psalms contains 150 psalms no matter which Church or Synagogue you attend.

Answer 6

A bunch! Below is a link to the Wikipedia list of all the bishops, archbishops, and patriarchs of the Church. Every bishop of an archdiocese is an archbishop by default.

Answer 7

There may be a custodian and perhaps a secretary. But that would be about it.

Answer 8

There are 31 listings for Catholic Churches in the Bahamas, see the complete list at the link below.