Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica Italo-Albanica; Italian: Chiesa Cattolica Italo-Albanese; Albanian: Kisha Katolike-Bizantine Arbëreshë), Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Church, is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches which, together with the Latin Church, compose the Catholic Church. It is a particular church that is autonomous (sui juris), using the Byzantine Rite. The liturgical languages used are: the koine Greek (the language that was the principal of all peoples in the tradition of the Eastern Churches) and the Albanian (the mother idiom of the community). The Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) members are concentrated in Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria) and Sicily, in central Italy they are present only in the

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica Italo-Albanica; Italian: Chiesa Cattolica Italo-Albanese; Albanian: Kisha Katolike-Bizantine Arbëreshë), Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Church, is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches which, together with the Latin Church, compose the Catholic Church. It is a particular church that is autonomous (sui juris), using the Byzantine Rite. The liturgical languages used are: the koine Greek (the language that was the principal of all peoples in the tradition of the Eastern Churches) and the Albanian (the mother idiom of the community). The Italo-Albanian (Arbëreshë) members are concentrated in Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria) and Sicily, in central Italy they are present only in the