Church sui iuris · Latin Church
Latin Church
Latin Church: a Church sui iuris of the Latin tradition. Its status, head, countries, liturgical books, history, and sources, with public-domain texts to read.
- Tradition (CCEO can. 28 §2)
- Not covered: CCEO governs the Eastern Churches; the Latin Church is governed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law (Source: CCEO, vatican.va ↗)
- Catechism (CCC 1203)
- Latin (Source: Catechism, vatican.va ↗)
- Canonical status
- Church sui iuris; the only Western Church sui iuris (Source: CCEO, vatican.va ↗)
- Head
- The Roman Pontiff (Pope Leo XIV, elected 2025) (Source: Holy See ↗)
- Historical centre
- Rome (historical and present see) (Source: Wikidata ↗)
- Own jurisdiction in
- The Latin Church has jurisdiction worldwide; it is not shaded.
Rites and uses within the Latin Church
History
- 1st to 4th c. Roman liturgical tradition develops; traditional apostolic origins (no single founding date is historically assignable) (Source: Catholic Encyclopedia ↗)
- 1570 Missale Romanum of St Pius V promulgated (bull Quo primum) (Source: Catholic Encyclopedia ↗)
- 1962 Last typical edition of the Missale Romanum before the reform (John XXIII) (Source: Holy See ↗)
- 1969 Apostolic constitution Missale Romanum (Paul VI) promulgates the revised Missal (typical edition 1970) (Source: Holy See ↗)
- 2007 Summorum Pontificum called the 1962 Missal the "extraordinary expression" of the lex orandi (norms abrogated in 2021) (Source: Holy See ↗)
- 16 July 2021 Traditionis custodes: post-conciliar books 'the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite' (Source: Holy See ↗)
Dates are given as ranges or centuries where the sources give no single date.
Main sources: Catechism, vatican.va ↗, GCatholic ↗. Checked 2026-10-26. Sources and method.