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Index of Catholic Rites, Uses & Liturgies
Every liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church, the rites and uses within them, and the eucharistic prayers they pray: sourced to the page, audited, and kept current.
- 6traditions
- 15rites
- 15uses & recensions
- 25anaphoras & liturgies
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Latin
Rome and the West
The Roman Rite and its uses
- Roman Ritethe principal rite of the Latin Church
- Vetus OrdoThe Roman Rite as received, grown to 1962 (codified 1570)only by leave of bishop or Holy See
- Novus OrdoMissal of Paul VI, 1970: "the new rite of the Mass" (Paul VI, 1969)in ordinary use since Advent 1969
- Divine WorshipDivine Worship: The Missal (Personal Ordinariates)the Personal Ordinariates only
- Zaire Usealso called the Zairean Riteapproved in 1988 for the dioceses of Zaire
- Braga Usetraditionally called the Rite of Bragastill used on 2 February and Palm Sunday
- Lyon Usetraditionally called the Rite of LyonsSunday Masses at Saint-Georges and Saint-Just, Lyon
- Dominican Usetraditionally called the Dominican Riteby friars, with their superiors' leave, since 1969
- Carthusian Usetraditionally called the Carthusian Ritekept by the Carthusian Order
- Premonstratensian Usetraditionally called the Premonstratensian RiteSundays at St Michael's Abbey, California
- Carmelite Usetraditionally called the Carmelite Riteat the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming
- Cistercian Usetraditionally called the Cistercian Riteall Masses at Vyšší Brod Abbey, Czechia
Other Latin rites
- Ambrosian RiteMilan and about a hundred nearby parishes
- Hispano-Mozarabic Ritedaily at Toledo cathedral; Toledo's Mozarabic parishes
Historical
Alexandrian
Alexandria and Ethiopia
Antiochene
Antioch and Syria
Historical
Armenian
Armenia
Chaldean
Mesopotamia and India
Constantinopolitan
Constantinople
Tradition
Type
Status
| Entry | Tradition | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Rite | Latin | Rite | Living |
| Vetus OrdoMissal of 1962 | Latin | The Roman Rite, received form (Missal of 1962) | |
| Novus OrdoMissal of Paul VI | Latin | The Roman Rite, Missal of Paul VI (1970) | Living |
| Divine WorshipDivine Worship: The Missal (Personal Ordinariates) | Latin | Use of the Roman Rite | Living |
| Zaire Use | Latin | Use of the Roman Rite | Living |
| Braga Use | Latin | Use of the Roman Rite | Limited |
| Lyon Use | Latin | Use of the Roman Rite | Limited |
| Sarum Use | Latin | Use of the Roman Rite | Historical |
| Dominican Use | Latin | Order use of the Roman Rite | |
| Carthusian Use | Latin | Order use of the Roman Rite | Living |
| Premonstratensian Use | Latin | Order use of the Roman Rite | Limited |
| Carmelite Use | Latin | Order use of the Roman Rite | Limited |
| Cistercian Use | Latin | Order use of the Roman Rite | Limited |
| Ambrosian Rite | Latin | Rite | Living |
| Hispano-Mozarabic Rite | Latin | Rite | Limited |
| Gallican Rite | Latin | Rite | Extinct |
| Celtic usages | Latin | Rite | Extinct |
| Beneventan Rite | Latin | Rite | Extinct |
| Aquileian Rite | Latin | Rite | Extinct |
| Coptic Rite | Alexandrian | Rite | Living |
| Ge'ez Rite | Alexandrian | Rite | Living |
| West Syriac Rite | Antiochene | Rite | Living |
| Maronite Rite | Antiochene | Rite | Living |
| Malankara recension | Antiochene | Recension of the West Syriac Rite | Living |
| Rite of Jerusalem | Antiochene | Rite | Historical |
| Armenian Rite | Armenian | Rite | Living |
| East Syriac Rite | Chaldean | Rite | Living |
| Syro-Malabar Qurbana | Chaldean | Recension of the East Syriac Rite | Living |
| Byzantine Rite | Constantinopolitan | Rite | Living |
| Ruthenian usage | Constantinopolitan | Recension of the Byzantine Rite | Living |
| Ukrainian usage (Kyivan tradition) | Constantinopolitan | Recension of the Byzantine Rite | Living |
| Melkite usage | Constantinopolitan | Recension of the Byzantine Rite | Living |
| Roman Canon | Roman | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Eucharistic Prayer II | Roman | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Eucharistic Prayer III | Roman | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Eucharistic Prayer IV | Roman | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St John Chrysostom | Byzantine | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St Basil (Byzantine) | Byzantine | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | Byzantine | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St Basil (Egyptian) | Alexandrian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St Gregory the Theologian | Alexandrian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St Cyril (St Mark) | Alexandrian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Ethiopian Anaphora of the Apostles | Alexandrian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of Mary (Ethiopian) | Alexandrian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St James | West Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles (Syriac) | West Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of Sharar | West Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of St Athanasius (Armenian) | Armenian | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of Addai and Mari | East Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of Theodore of Mopsuestia | East Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of Nestorius | East Syriac | Anaphora / liturgy | Living |
| Anaphora of the Apostolic Tradition | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Historical |
| Anaphora of the Barcelona Papyrus | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Extinct |
| Anaphora of Sarapion | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Extinct |
| Strasbourg Papyrus | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Extinct |
| Didache 9–10 | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Extinct |
| Apostolic Constitutions VIII | Early | Anaphora / liturgy | Literary |
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