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Catholic Church

largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with the Pope, part of the Latin Church aka Latin Christianity a.k.a. western Christianity
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Summary

Catholic Church is a Christian denomination[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of christian denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59,953 views/month, #1 of 524).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: 'Verschlossene Auster' award[3]
  • Member of: Association of Christian Churches in Germany[4]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[5]
  • Country: Vatican City[6]
  • Instance of: historic Church[7], Christian Church[8], church congregation[9]
  • Founder: Jesus Christ[10]
  • Basic form of government: episcopal polity[11]
  • Headquarters location: Vatican City[12]
  • Executive body: Roman Curia[13]
  • Child organization or unit: Deutscher Caritasverband[14]
  • Part of: Catholicism[15], Christianity[16]
  • Commons category: Catholic Church[17]
  • Chairperson: Leo XIV[18]
  • Has part(s): Latin Church[19], Chaldean Catholic Church[20], Coptic Catholic Church[21], Syriac Catholic Church[22], Maronite Church[23], Melkite Greek Catholic Church[24], Syro-Malabar Church[25], Syro-Malankara Catholic Church[26], Romanian Greek Catholic Church[27], Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[28], Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church[29], Ethiopian Catholic Church[30], Slovak Greek Catholic Church[31], Eritrean Catholic Church[32]
  • Inception: 1[33], 33[34]
  • Location of formation: Jerusalem[35]
  • Significant event: Nicene Creed[36], East-West Schism[37]
  • Authority: Holy See[38]
  • Official website: https://vatican.va[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Catholic Church[40]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Catholic Church include Santa Fe Island[41], an island[42], in Ecuador[43] and .catholic[44], a generic top-level domain[45].

Why It Matters

Catholic Church has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

It has been cited as an influence by Rádio Renascença[48], a radio station[49], in Portugal[50], founded in 1934[51], headquartered in Lisbon[52].

Entities named for it include Santa Fe Island[41], an island[42], in Ecuador[43] and .catholic[44], a generic top-level domain[45].

FAQs

What awards did Catholic Church receive?

Honors received include 'Verschlossene Auster' award[3].

Who did Catholic Church influence?

Catholic Church has been cited as an influence by Rádio Renascença[48].

Related Entities

Abbot Suger Abraham Bloemaert Abraham Ortelius Absalon Adalbert of Prague Adam of Bremen Adeodatus I Adeodatus II Adomnán Adrian I Adrian II Adrian III Adrian IV Adrianus Johannes Simonis Adrian V Adrian VI Æthelbald of Mercia Afonso V of Portugal Agapetus I Agapetus II Agatha Barbara Agatho Agnes of Bohemia Agostino Casaroli Agustín I of Mexico A. J. Cronin Alain of Lille Alain Poher Alasdair MacIntyre Albert, Duke in Prussia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . New Advent. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . netzwerkrecherche.org. Retrieved . netzwerkrecherche.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . oekumene-ack.de. Retrieved . oekumene-ack.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → Nicene Creed, East-West Schism
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Significant event: East-West Schism"
  2. 10d ago · KimKelting · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'as', 'a
    Sitelink count → 208
    Child organization or unit → German Caritas Association
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Child organization or unit: German Caritas Association, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  3. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Bundesautobahn 555
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Femiwiki id → 34287
    Wikidata description → largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with th
    P14715 → Catholic Church
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14715: Q9592, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  5. 15w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edit16 catalogue author id → 6731
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edit16 catalogue author id: 6731, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107819255|Chiesa cattolica (#107819255)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4161|EDIT16 peo"
  6. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → catholic-church, roman-catholic-church
    P14536 → 339569
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 339569, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  7. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → catholic-church, roman-catholic-church
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: catholic-church, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917993|catholic church (#289917993)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  8. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0005403-Katolicka-cirkev, 0260490-katolicke-cirkve
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0005403-Katolicka-cirkev, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  9. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Catholic Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  10. 19w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → i/iglesia-catolica-apostolica-romana
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: i/iglesia-catolica-apostolica-romana, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  11. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → Catholicism, Christianity
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 15408, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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