Eastern Catholic Parish Directory

Below are the locations of Eastern Catholic parishes and missions active in Great Britain and Ireland, colour-coded according to the sui iuris Churches to which they belong, which are listed beneath. This directory is kept up to date to the best of our ability but, as mission sites in particular are subject to change, some of the information may be out of date. Please contact us with any corrections or with information on any new parish/mission locations.

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Byzantine Rite. Established as the Metropolis of Kyiv by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 988 and re-entered communion with the Apostolic See of Rome through the Union of Brest in 1596. Officially a Major Archiepiscopate seated in Kyiv but considered a Patriarchate within the UGCC. The traditional liturgical language is Church Slavonic though Ukrainian and other vernacular tongues are now common. Membership in 2017: 4,471,688. The Eparchy of the Holy Family of London includes Belarusian, Hungarian, and Slovak Greek Catholic missions.

Patriarchate: www.ugcc.ua
GB Eparchy: www.ucc-gb.com

 Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

East Syriac Rite. Established in India by Saint Thomas in AD 52, re-entered communion with the Apostolic See of Rome in 1565, and organised in its current form in 1923. Major Archiepiscopate of the See of Ernakulam–Angamaly, Kerala. The traditional liturgical language is Syriac (Aramaic), though modern Indian languages and other vernacular tongues are also used. Membership in 2017: 4,251,399.

Major Archiepiscopate: www.syromalabarchurch.in
GB Eparchy: www.eparchyofgreatbritain.org

 Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch

West Syriac Rite (subject to historical Latinization and more recent reform following the Second Vatican Council). Established in Syria by followers of Saint Maron in 410 and traditionally held to have been in continuous communion with the Apostolic See of Rome. Patriarchate of the See of Antioch, now seated in Bkerké, Lebanon. Traditional liturgical languages include Arabic and Syriac (Aramaic), though other vernacular tongues are used in the diaspora. Membership in 2017: 3,498,707.

UK Eparchy: www.maronitechurch.org.uk

 Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Byzantine Rite. Established by Saint Peter in Antioch in AD 37 and re-entered communion with the Apostolic See of Rome in 1724. Patriarchate of the See of Antioch, now seated in Damascus, Syria. Traditional liturgical languages include Arabic and Greek, though other vernacular tongues are used in the diaspora. Membership in 2017: 1,568,239.

Patriarchate: www.melkitepat.org
GB Parish: www.melkite.uk

Chaldean Catholic Church

East Syriac Rite. Established in communion with the Apostolic See of Rome in 1552 following a schism in the Church of the East, itself founded in the Sassanid Empire (Iran) in 410. Patriarchate (until 2021, of the See of Babylon), seated in Baghdad. The liturgical language is Syriac (Aramaic). Membership in 2017: 628,405.

Patriarchate: www.saint-adday.com
GB Mission: www.chaldeans.uk

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

West Syriac Rite. Established in India by Saint Thomas in AD 52, adopted the West Syriac Rite after entering into communion with the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch in 1665, and re-entered communion with the Apostolic See of Rome in 1930. Major Archiepiscopate-Catholicate of the See of Trivandrum, Kerala. The traditional liturgical language is Syriac (Aramaic), though modern Indian languages and other vernacular tongues are also used. Membership in 2017: 458,015.

Catholicate: www.catholicate.net
UK Region: www.malankaracatholicchurchuk.com

Syriac Catholic Church

West Syriac Rite. Established in communion with the Apostolic See of Rome between 1667 and 1782 through a schism in the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. Patriarchate of the See of Antioch, now seated in Damascus, Syria. The liturgical language is Syriac (Aramaic). Membership in 2017: 195,765.

Patriarchate: www.syr-cath.org
UK Parish: www.facebook.com/st.behnam.uk

Eritrean Catholic Church

Alexandrian Rite. Established in 2015 from a branch of the Ethiopian Catholic Church, which has its origins in an 1839 mission. Metropolitan Archiepiscopate seated in Asmara. The liturgical language is Ge’ez. Membership in 2017: 167,722.

London Chaplaincy: www.catholicgheez.org

 Romanian Greek Catholic Church

Byzantine Rite. Established 1698-1700 from the Diocese of Alba Iulia of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople following the Habsburg conquest of Transylvania. Major Archiepiscopate of Făgăraș & Alba Iulia. The liturgical language is Romanian. Membership in 2017: 150,593.

Major Archiepiscopate: www.bisericaromanaunita.ro

Ethiopian Catholic Church

Alexandrian Rite. Established following a mission in 1839, raised to an exarchate in 1951 and a metropolitanate in 1961. Metropolitanate of the See of Addis Ababa. The liturgical language is Ge’ez. Membership in 2017: 70,832.

London Community: www.facebook.com/Kidanemhret-Geez-Rite-Ethiopian-Catholic-Community-London-505565529810774/