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(membership in each Christian group has grown considerably)
A simplified diagram of the various branches of Christianity. The purple line shows the Oriental Orthodox Church (also sometimes referred to as the Jacobite Church or the West Syrian Church). The Yellow line Shows the Assyrian Church of the East (also some times called as Nestorian Church or the East Syrian church)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Christianity
Emb- |
Name |
Year United or Legally Established |
Rite |
Seat |
Status |
Juris- |
Bishops |
Members |
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1628 |
1 |
1 |
3,845 |
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1742 |
17 |
15 |
1,000,000 |
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(Belarus) |
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1861 |
1 |
1 |
10,000 |
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1552, 1692 |
22 |
17 |
490,371 |
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1741 |
7 |
10 |
163,630 |
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2015 |
4 |
5 |
155,480[59] |
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1846 |
4 |
4 |
229,547 |
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1611 |
3 |
4 |
58,915 |
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1829 |
2 |
1 |
2,525 |
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3 |
2 |
290,000 |
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1784(independent hierarchy) |
3 |
2 |
61,487 |
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2008 |
1 |
2 |
15,037 |
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4th c. |
25 |
41 |
3,290,539 |
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1726 |
25 |
30 |
1,614,604 |
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1697 |
6 |
8 |
160,000 |
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1905 |
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Metropolitanate(U.S.) |
6 |
7 |
646,243 |
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4 |
5 |
239,394 |
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1781 |
14 |
10 |
158,818 |
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Apostolic Origin.Never separated[61]] |
32 |
58 |
4,628,591 |
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1930 |
6 |
8 |
420,081 |
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31 |
44 |
4,350,735 |
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Other jurisdictions |
1 |
- |
147,600 |
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Total |
23 |
8 |
214 |
255 |
18,775,421 |
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches