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The '''Catholic Church in Greece''' is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome.

Indigenous Catholic Greeks number about 50,000<ref name="GHMMRG-G">http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/organizations/ghm_mrgg_religious_freedom_2002.rtf Religious Freedom in Greece (September 2002) </ref> and are a religious and not an ethnic minority. One very old but still common term used to refer to them is ''Φράγκοι'', or "Franks", referring to the religion of Franks and other Western Europeans during the Middle Ages, as opposed to practitioners of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox faith]], who were called ''Ρωμαίοι'', or "Romans" (due to the [[Byzantine Empire]] being the successor state of the ancient Roman Empire). Since the early [[1990s]] however, the number of Catholic permanent residents of [[Greece]], has continuously increased making the total number of Catholics in Greece more than 200,000.<ref name="GHMMRG-G"/> These Catholics are immigrants from Eastern Europe, especially Poland, or from the Philippines. Many of the Germans and French that settled in the Greek Islands also follow the Roman Catholic faith.

In addition to the Catholics of the Latin Rite who represent the majority of the faithful, there are about 5,000 of the [[Greek Byzantine Catholic Church|Greek Rite]],<ref name="GHMMRG-G"/> and a few hundred Armenian Catholics.

The majority of Catholics are resident in [[Athens]], a city of about four million people, however Catholics can be found all over [[Greece]]. Most indigenous Catholics live in the [[Cyclades]], where [[Syros]] and [[Tinos]] have some entirely Catholic villages and parishes. There are also Catholics in [[Corfu]], [[Patras]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Giannitsa]], [[Kavala]], [[Volos]], and more distant islands like [[Rhodes]], [[Kos]], [[Crete]], [[Naxos]], [[Santorini]], [[Samos Island|Samos]], [[Chios]], [[Kefalonia]], [[Zakynthos]], etc.

==Bishops' Conference==
The Bishops' Conference of Greece (''Hiera Synodos Katholikis Hierarkhias Hellados'') has six members:
*The Archbishop of Corfu and Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki
*The Archbishop of Naxos and Tinos and Apostolic Administrator of Chios
*The Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator of Rhodes
*The Bishop of Syros and Santorini and Apostolic Administrator of Crete
*The Exarch of the [[Greek Byzantine Catholic Church|Greek Catholics of Byzantine Rite]] (based in Athens)
*The Ordinary of the Armenian Catholics (based in Athens)

==Organization==
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens|Archdiocese of Athens]]
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes|Archdiocese of Rhodos]]
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia|Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante and Cefalonia]]
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos|Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos]]
**[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios|Diocese of Chios]]
**[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete|Diocese of Crete]]
**[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini|Diocese of Santorini]]
**[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros e Milos|Diocese of Syros and Milos]]

==See also==
*[[Religion]]

===References===
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.catholic-church-corfu.org/ Homepage of the Catholic Church in Corfu]
*[http://www.catholicchurchrhodes.com/ Homepage of the Catholic Church in Rhodes]
*[http://www.dkgathen.net/ Homepage of the German-speaking Catholic community in Greece]
*[http://www.caritas.gr/ Homepage of Caritas Hellas]
*[http://www.elcathex.com/ Homepage of the Greek Catholic Exarchate]
*[http://www.catholic.gr/ Homepage of the Catholic Church in Tinos]
*[http://www.interkriti.net/ccc/ Homepage of the Catholic Church in Crete]

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