Rite
A rite is an established, ceremonious, usually religious act. Rites in this sense fall into three major categories:
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... Bishops of Changde 常德 (Roman rite) Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A ... (April 11, 1946 – April 23, 1965) Vicars Apostolic of Changde 常德 (Roman Rite) Bishop Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A ... November 16, 1938) Vicars Apostolic of Northern Hunan 湖南北境 (Roman Rite) Bishop Angel Diego y Carbajal, O.S.A ...
... Archbishops of Kaifeng 開封 (Roman rite) Archbishop Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E ... (December 12, 1946 – September 8, 1960) Vicars Apostolic of Kaifengfu 開封府 (Roman Rite) Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E. 3, 1924–1940) Vicars Apostolic of Eastern Honan 河南東境 (Roman Rite) Bishop Noè Giuseppe Tacconi, P.I.M.E ...
... The Rite of the Holy Sepulchre commonly called the Carmelite Rite is the liturgical rite that was used by the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, Hospitallers, Templars ...
... In North America, Freemasons have the option of joining the Scottish Rite and/or the York Rite, two appendant bodies that offer additional degrees to those who have taken the basic three ...
... its own Praepositus General, as such it had no formal relationship with the Carmelite rite ... John of the Cross who voted to keep the rite, the new Order effectively eschewed the rite and adopted the Roman rite ... of the Tridentine liturgical reforms was the attempt to tidy up the particular rites of Orders and Primatial Sees so that there was a greater conformity to Roman usage this was not to stifle long-standing legitimate ...
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