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The Catholic Church is comprised of Patriarchal Sees, which belong to a specific Rite, and each of these Sees are in union, both in terms of Faith and Temporal Structure, with the Patriarch of Rome who functions as the Servant of the Servants of God and the Successor to Peter as the head of the Bishops of the Church.
A Rite is the form of Liturgy used as well as particular cultural aspects of that Church that developed out of the culture that was evangelized as well as the specific apostle who went to them.
See this link to see what it looks like
http://www.scborromeo.org/images/fig6.gif
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