The Silaran Catholic Patriarchal Church -- Overview
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The Patriarchal Catholic Church of Silar (Latin: Ecclesia Silararum), better known as the Silaran Catholic Patriarchal Church, is a western rite Church in full communion with the Holy See of Rome. It traces its heritage back to the Church founded by Benedict of Silar, a 6th-century Benedictine monk venerated as a saint. The first Silaran Patriarch, St. George White, was elected in the late 7th century. It is the established Church of the High Commonwealth of Silar.
The Silaran Catholic Church comprises of an estimated 4 billion individuals, most of which live in Silar though also includes members of the Silaran diaspora around the world. English, with some brief entries of Latin and Greek, are the liturgical liturgical language and have traditionally been since the 7th century. The liturgical rites strongly resemble those of the Latin Church, its ancient ancestor, though they maintain some peculiarities, most noticably the roodscreen which was long ago abolished in the Roman rite.
The current Patriarch of the Patriarchal Catholic Church of Silar is Cardinal Gregory Recker, O.S.B. who was elected by the Synod in the year 2000.