Catholic liturgical rites

The Catholic Church celebrates a number of different liturgical rites, a term that refers to a particular form of liturgy.^[1]

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

Roman Rite
- Tridentine Mass (1962 version is authorized for continued use; some Traditionalist Catholics use earlier versions)
- Mass of Paul VI (1969 revision)
- Anglican Use (in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the United States, formerly Anglican congregations, though any Catholic priest can celebrate it)
- Zaire Use
Western Rites of "Gallican" type
- Ambrosian Rite (in Milan, Italy and neighbouring areas)
- Braga Rite
- Mozarabic Rite (in Toledo and Salamanca, Spain)
Catholic Order Rites
- Benedictine Rite
- Carmelite Rite (only by some communities or members of the order)
- Carthusian Rite (a western rite of "Gallican" type)
- Cistercian Rite
- Dominican Rite (only by some communities or members of the order)
- Premonstratensian Rite (Norbertine Rite)
- Rites in a broad sense (not distinct from the Roman Rite)

Antiochian family
- Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) tradition
- 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 used, its uniformity and remained a single liturgical rite, though there is a Slavonic Use among Ukrainian and other Slavic churches.
Alexandrian family
- Alexandrian tradition
  - Coptic Rite
  - Ethiopic Rite

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