This chart shows the various Catholic liturgical
families (rites) and their ancestry. Jerusalem,
the place of the founding of the Catholic Church, came first in time. Then
three major branches eventually formed within the Church: Roman, Antiochian and
Alexandrian. The Ukrainian Catholic Church is part of the Antiochian branch,
specifically coming under the Byzantine rite. The Catechism, quoting
from Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council's Constitution
on Divine Liturgy, states:
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