The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, also referred to as the Italo-Greek Catholic Church and other variants, is one of the 22 Eastern Catholic Churches which, together with the Latin Church, compose the Catholic Church. It is a particular Church that is autonomous (sui juris) and its members are concentrated in Southern Italy and Sicily and use the Byzantine Rite.
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