WI there were more Catholic churches, and the Pope were just primus inter pares
On the map we can see the cannonical territories of the Catholic churches in Europe:
On the map we can see the cannonical territories of the Catholic churches in Europe:
- The Italian Catholic Church, itself consisting of the Roman, the Aquilean and the Ambrosian Patriarchates. Is the oldest, and extends from Italy, Corsica, Istria and Slovenia to include also Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
- The African Catholic church, seated in Tunis/Carthage is the second oldest church. It stretches from Morrocco to Lybia and includes Malta.
- The Spanish Catholic Church based in Toledo. Its autocephaly goes way back to Visigothic times. Has daughter churches across Latin America.
- French Catholic Church was organized from the western parts of the Frankish Church. Uts see is in Paris.Includes also Belgium.
- German Catholic Church is based in Mayence. To include Austria, South Tyrol, Pommerania and parts of East Prussia. Has been heavily infulenced by Luthers teachings, and is very divergent
- The Scandinavian Catholic Church, based in Lund, was also inspired by Luthers teachings.
- Baltic Catholic Church / Livonian Catholic Church includes also Finland, it can be dated well back to the Northern Crusades. Later, East Prussia was detatched to be included in the German one, but the Russian tsars wished all Russian territories to be administerd from Riga. Therefore, Finland and Lithuania were added.
- Polish Catholic Church, seated in Gnezdno
- Hungarian Catholic Church, seated in Esztergrom
- English Catholic Church, seated in Canterbury.
- Czechoslovak Catholic Church: See in Prague
- Caledonian Catholic Church, seated in St. Andrews, highly inspired by J. Knox.
- Irish Catholic church claims jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland.
- Croatian Catholic Church is a pretty modern revival. (Before split between Hungarian, Italian and Albanian) See in Split.
- Albanian Catholic Church to include most of the inner Balkans. See in Shkoder
- Dutch Catholic Church separated in the Dutch war of indepence. Of course, see in Utrecht.
- Swiss Catholic Church, inspired by Zwingli and Calvin. See in Zurich.
- Rousillon and North Navarra between Spainsh and French.
- Belgium between French and Dutch
- Ulster between Caledonian and Irish.
- Luxemboug between Dutch and German
- Alsace Lorraine between German and French. Upper Alsace claimed by Swiss as well.
- Schleswig between German and Scandinavia.
- South Tyrol : German and Italian.
- Ticino: Italian and Swiss.
- Savoy, Piedmont, Valle d Aosta, Nizza, Corsica: Italian and French.
- Slovenia and Istria: Croatian and Italian.
- Prekmurje and south Barania: Hungarian and croatian
- Recovered territories of Poland: German and Polish. Mazuria claimed by Livonian as well
- North Bukovina and Budjak: Polish and Hungarian
- Slovakia: Hungarian and Czech
- Kalinigrad: German and Livonian
- Lithuania: Polish and Livonian
- Finland, Karelia and Ingrias: Scandinavian and Livonian.
- Crimea: Polish and Italian
- South Dobrudia: Albanian and Hungarian
- Ceuta and Melilla: Spanish and African.