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Catholic Encyclopedia: Ecclesiastical Abbreviations

Short intro followed by lists of abbreviations for Latin terms found in church records.

Catholic Files

Resources are available that are about Catholicism or which might be of interest to Catholics.

Catholic Marriage Records: Discovering an Immigrant's Place of Origin

Article by George Ryskamp.

Catholic Parishes Online Directory and Mass Times

Includes a search engine parish locator by parish name, area code, city, state, zip code or diocese.

Catholic Priests in South Australia 1841 - 1906

Years of service (first to last) of Catholic Priests in the Adelaide and Port Augusta/Pirie regions for the first 65 years of an established Church.

Catholic-Hierarchy

Information on dioceses, bishops, countries & events.

Dioceses Around the World

A directory of Catholic dioceses with homepages on the Internet.

History of the Papacy

Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Worldwide Directory

Research Guide to Local Catholic Church Archdiocese, Diocese and Parishes, History, Biographies and Genealogy information and links Worldwide for both Roman and Eastern Rite.

Mass Times

Provides addresses for Catholic churches in the United States organized by state and then alphabetically by city name.

Religious Movements

From the University of Virginia. Includes profiles on over 200 religious movements. Each profile offers basic demographic and background information, a summary of beliefs, discussion of controversial issues (when appropriate), links to important web sites about each group, and select print bibliographies

The Catholic Encyclopedia

US Catholic Diocese Addresses

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Calendar of Saints

When records reference Saint's Days rather than dates.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Traditional Catholic Calendar