Catholic Liturgical Rites

The Catholic Church celebrates a number of different Liturgical Rites, a term that refers to a particular form of liturgy.

They are not to be confused with the Rites in the sense of sui iuris particular Churches, of which there are 22 Eastern and one Western.

Specific liturgical rites and uses are usually described in terms of the various Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek, Syrian, Coptic etc.) traditions.

Western (Latin) tradition

Main article: Latin liturgical rites

Active

• Roman Rite
  • Tridentine Mass (1570-1970: ordinary form, since 1970: extraordinary form)
  • Mass of Paul VI (since 1970: ordinary form)
  • Anglican Use (in the United States, formerly Anglican congregations)
• Western Rites of "Gallican" type
  • Ambrosian Rite (in Milan, Italy and neighbouring areas)
  • Bragan Rite
  • Mozarabic Rite (in Toledo and Salamanca, Spain)
• Catholic Order Rites
  • Carmelite Rite (only by some communities or members of the order)
  • Dominican Rite (only by some communities or members of the order)
  • Carthusian Rite (a western rite of "Gallican" type)
  • Benedictine Rite
  • Cistercian Rite
  • Premonstratensian Rite
  • Rites in a broad sense (not distinct from the Roman Rite)
    • Friars Minor Capuchin Rite
    • Franciscan Rite
    • Servite Rite

Defunct

• Pre-Tridentine Mass (the various pre-1570 ordinary forms of the Roman rite)
• Gallican Rite ('Gaul' i.e. France)
• Celtic Rite (British Isles)
• African Rite
• Local Latin Rites or Uses
  • Aquileian Rite (northeastern Italy)
  • Durham Rite (Durham, England)
  • Sarum Rite (England)
  • Use of York (England)
  • Cologne Use (Cologne, Germany)

Eastern liturgical rites

Main article: Eastern Catholic Churches

• Antiochian family
  • Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) tradition
    • Maronite Rite
    • Syrian Rite
    • Syro-Malankara Rite
  • Chaldean or East Syrian tradition
    • Chaldean Rite
    • Syro-Malabar Rite
• Byzantine family
  • Armenian Rite
  • Byzantine Rite: this rite, though used by 14 Eastern Catholic Churches (also known as Rites but instead referring to autonomous particular Churches) has preserved, apart from the diversity of languages uses, its uniformity and remained a single liturgical rite.
• Alexandian family
  • Alexandrian tradition
    • Coptic Rite
    • Ethiopic Rite