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| leader_name2        = [[Ernesto Ocampo]]
| leader_name2        = [[Ernesto Ocampo]]
| leader_title3      = [[Apostolic Nuncio to Rumahoki|Apostolic Nuncio]]
| leader_title3      = [[Apostolic Nuncio to Castadilla|Apostolic Nuncio]]
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| language            = {{wp|Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin}}, [[Castadillaan Pelxian|Pelaxian]], [[Brenadine Tainean|Reform Tainean]]
| headquarters        = [[Santa Maria]]
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| founder            = [[Afonso Ocampo]]
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The '''Rumahokian Catholic Church''', or the '''Catholic Church in Rumahoki''', is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]] in {{wp|full communion}} with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis]], under the governance of the [[Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos]], the main governing body of the Catholic Church in [[Vallos]]. It is the largest religion in [[Rumahoki]] as well as its former state religion prior to 1994. The [[Constitution of Rumahoki]] recognises the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage, which has existed since the founding of the first {{wp|archdiocese}} in [[Archdiocese of Los Rumas|Los Rumas]] in the 15th Century during the years of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas|viceroyalty]], and establishes a cooperative relationship between the Rumahokian state and the Church.
The '''Castadillaan Catholic Church''', or the '''Catholic Church in Castadilla''', is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]] in {{wp|full communion}} with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis]], under the governance of the [[Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos]], the main governing body of the Catholic Church in [[Vallos]]. It is the largest religion in [[Castadilla]] as well as its former state religion prior to 1994. The [[Constitution of Castadilla]] recognises the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage, which has existed since the founding of the first {{wp|archdiocese}} in [[Archdiocese of Los Rumas|Los Rumas]] in the 15th Century during the years of the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas|viceroyalty]], and establishes a cooperative relationship between the Castadillaan state and the Church.


According to the most recent census, over 33 million people (nearly 65% of the population) identify as being in communion with the Catholic Church. These 33 million adherents are spread across six ecclesiastical provinces (Los Rumas, Las Joquis, Natalia, Salvador, New Albalitor, and Tainia) and one {{wp|apostolic vicarate}} (located within the two Loa-majority states). The Catholic faith in Rumahoki has syncretised heavily with various folk customs in certain parts of the nation, and in one case has even led to the emergence of a fully-fledged {{wp|syncretic faith}}, that being [[Marian Kapuhenasa]], the faith of those of the [[Loa people|Loa]] who have [[Occident|occidentalised]].
According to the most recent census, over 33 million people (nearly 65% of the population) identify as being in communion with the Catholic Church. These 33 million adherents are spread across seven ecclesiastical provinces (Los Rumas, Las Joquis, Natalia, Salvador, New Albalitor, Samalosi, and Tainia) and one {{wp|apostolic vicarate}} (located within the two Loa-majority states). The Catholic faith in Castadilla has syncretised heavily with various folk customs in certain parts of the nation, and in one case has even led to the emergence of a fully-fledged {{wp|syncretic faith}}, that being [[Marian Kapuhenasa]], the faith of those of the [[Loa people|Loa]] who have [[Occident|occidentalised]].


The main ecclesiastical province is in [[Los Rumas]], headed by one of the few patriarchs within the Levantine Church. Unlike the heads of the particular churches in communion with the Pope in Urceopolis, the patriarchal title for the archbishop of Los Rumas is merely ceremonial and titular and confers no authority over other metropolitan bishops; it was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas on the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas. What does confer authority is the primatial title of the [[Primate of All Vallos]], a title that denotes the president of the Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos, and was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas in the 15th Century shortly after the investiture of its first archbishop [[Afonso Ocampo]].
The main ecclesiastical province is in [[Los Rumas]], headed by one of the few patriarchs within the Levantine Church. Unlike the heads of the particular churches in communion with the Pope in Urceopolis, the patriarchal title for the archbishop of Los Rumas is merely ceremonial and titular and confers no authority over other metropolitan bishops; it was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas on the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas. What does confer authority is the primatial title of the [[Primate of All Vallos]], a title that denotes the president of the Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos, and was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas in the 15th Century shortly after the investiture of its first archbishop [[Afonso Ocampo]].


==History==
==History==
Although Christianity in one form or another was introduced to [[Vallos]] centuries before the arrival of [[Mauricio Delepas]] through [[Caphiria]], the existence of an organised Catholic presence would not begin until the establishment of the [[Archdiocese of Los Rumas|Diocese of Los Rumas]] late 15th Century and the investiture of Afonso Ocampo, who henceforth was conferred the title of Primate of All Vallos as the first archbishop in the region. Throughout the early colonial era, the highest priority of the Church and the [[Pelaxia|Pelaxian]] Crown was to incorporate the existing non-Pelaxian populations into the organised Catholic structure and to establish and expand the episcopal hierarchy into the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]]. The [[Archdiocese of Las Joquis|Diocese of Las Joquis]] was established in 1553, initially as a {{wp|suffragan diocese}} of the [[Ecclesiastical Province of Los Rumas]]; it became the metropolitan see of the [[Ecclesiastical Province of Las Joquis]] when it was established in 1682, soon becoming the holder of the [[Primate of Rumahoki|viceregal primatial]] title in 1698.
Although Christianity in one form or another was introduced to [[Vallos]] centuries before the arrival of [[Mauricio Delepas]] through [[Caphiria]], the existence of an organised Catholic presence would not begin until the establishment of the [[Archdiocese of Los Rumas|Diocese of Los Rumas]] late 15th Century and the investiture of Afonso Ocampo, who henceforth was conferred the title of Primate of All Vallos as the first archbishop in the region. Throughout the early colonial era, the highest priority of the Church and the [[Pelaxia|Pelaxian]] Crown was to incorporate the existing non-Pelaxian populations into the organised Catholic structure and to establish and expand the episcopal hierarchy into the [[Viceroyalty of Los Rumas]]. The [[Archdiocese of Las Joquis|Diocese of Las Joquis]] was established in 1553, initially as a {{wp|suffragan diocese}} of the [[Ecclesiastical Province of Los Rumas]]; it became the metropolitan see of the [[Ecclesiastical Province of Las Joquis]] when it was established in 1682, soon becoming the holder of the [[Primate of Castadilla|viceregal primatial]] title in 1698.


The 18th and 19th Centuries were when the episcopal structure of the Church in the Viceroyalty came to resemble the episcopal structure as it exists to this day. The Los Rumas archdiocese was conferred the title of [[Patriarch of Los Rumas]] in 1798 to celebrate the tricentennial of the arrival of Mauricio Delepas; the minor patriarchal title is honourary and does not affect the archbishop's status in relation to the rest of the Levantine Church in any way. The newest of these ecclesiastical provinces was the [[Ecclesiastical Province of New Albalitor]], established in 1905, with dioceses that date back to shortly after the collapse of the [[Loa Empire]] in the 1870s. Although the areas that comprise the New Albalitor province had a Catholic presence for centuries, these areas had underwent a campaign of de-Christianisation when the [[Romany kingdoms]] were conquered by the Loa Empire in the 18th Century, and it was not until the arrival of the [[Navidadians]] that Christianity was introduced to these lands, soon culminating in the rise of a {{wp|syncretic religion}} in the [[Loa]]-majority areas known as [[Marian Kapuhenasa]] which holds sway over the entirety of Rumahoki's Loa population to this day.
The 18th and 19th Centuries were when the episcopal structure of the Church in the Viceroyalty came to resemble the episcopal structure as it exists to this day. The Los Rumas archdiocese was conferred the title of [[Patriarch of Los Rumas]] in 1798 to celebrate the tricentennial of the arrival of Mauricio Delepas; the minor patriarchal title is honourary and does not affect the archbishop's status in relation to the rest of the Levantine Church in any way. The newest of these ecclesiastical provinces was the [[Ecclesiastical Province of New Albalitor]], established in 1905, with dioceses that date back to shortly after the collapse of the [[Loa Empire]] in the 1870s. Although the areas that comprise the New Albalitor province had a Catholic presence for centuries, these areas had underwent a campaign of de-Christianisation when the [[Romany kingdoms]] were conquered by the Loa Empire in the 18th Century, and it was not until the arrival of the [[Navidadians]] that Christianity was introduced to these lands, soon culminating in the rise of a {{wp|syncretic religion}} in the [[Loa]]-majority areas known as [[Marian Kapuhenasa]] which holds sway over the entirety of Castadilla's Loa population to this day.


With the rise of [[Delepasian exceptionalism]] in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the Catholic Church became one of the key tenets of the [[Delepasians|Delepasian]] identity. Many of the constitutions of the Delepasian polities were amended to exhalt the role of the Catholic Church in both the history and the heritage of the Delepasian people, oftentimes even making the Catholic Church the {{wp|state religion}}. However, it was also during this time that opposition towards {{wp|clericalism}} began to emerge, mostly from [[Liberalism in Rumahoki|liberals]] and [[Socialism in Rumahoki|socialists]] who protested the supposed merging of church and state. The establishment of the [[Estado Social] (Rumahoki)|Estado Social]] in [[Rosaria]] and the [[Delepasian Commonwealth]] both led to the further entrenchment of the role of Catholic Church within the state. Under the ideals of the Estado Social, the Church was the torch-bearer of civilisation and that anyone who refuses to acknowledge its supremacy were deemed to be traitors to the Delepasian people. The establishment of the Delepasian Commonwealth also saw the establishment of a {{wp|personal ordinariate}} designed to ensure that the [[Imperial Family of Rumahoki|imperial family]], although raised in the [[Chantry of Alstin|Chantrist]] faith, would be in full communion with the Pope while still retaining their practices for the time being.
With the rise of [[Delepasian exceptionalism]] in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the Catholic Church became one of the key tenets of the [[Delepasians|Delepasian]] identity. Many of the constitutions of the Delepasian polities were amended to exhalt the role of the Catholic Church in both the history and the heritage of the Delepasian people, oftentimes even making the Catholic Church the {{wp|state religion}}. However, it was also during this time that opposition towards {{wp|clericalism}} began to emerge, mostly from [[Liberalism in Castadilla|liberals]] and [[Socialism in Castadilla|socialists]] who protested the supposed merging of church and state. The establishment of the [[Estado Social] (Castadilla)|Estado Social]] in [[Rosaria]] and the [[Delepasian Commonwealth]] both led to the further entrenchment of the role of Catholic Church within the state. Under the ideals of the Estado Social, the Church was the torch-bearer of civilisation and that anyone who refuses to acknowledge its supremacy were deemed to be traitors to the Delepasian people. The establishment of the Delepasian Commonwealth also saw the establishment of a {{wp|personal ordinariate}} designed to ensure that the [[Imperial Family of Castadilla|imperial family]], although raised in the [[Chantry of Alstin|Chantrist]] faith, would be in full communion with the Pope while still retaining their practices for the time being.


The early 1990s saw the Estado Social toning down the role of the Church within the state as part of a series of liberalising reforms designed to breathe new life into the aging and decrepit system. These reforms were mostly reversed, but these reversals ultimately proved to be fruitless after the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1994 and the subsequent [[Rumahokian transition to democracy]]. Although the new socialist government in Rumahoki that arose after the transition officially declared that the state would be {{wp|secular}} in nature, the new [[Constitution of Rumahoki|constitution]] still recognises and acknowledges the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage and has provisions in place to maintain a cooperative relationship between both entities. These provisions were added to quell the fears of the nation's faithful that the new socialist government will instill {{wp|anti-clerical}} measures against the Church, and as part of [[Francisco Carvalho]]'s policy of reconciliation and {{wp|religious freedom}} during his first term as [[Prime Minister of Rumahoki|prime minister]].
The early 1990s saw the Estado Social toning down the role of the Church within the state as part of a series of liberalising reforms designed to breathe new life into the aging and decrepit system. These reforms were mostly reversed, but these reversals ultimately proved to be fruitless after the [[Velvet Revolution]] in 1994 and the subsequent [[Castadillaan transition to democracy]]. Although the new socialist government in Castadilla that arose after the transition officially declared that the state would be {{wp|secular}} in nature, the new [[Constitution of Castadilla|constitution]] still recognises and acknowledges the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage and has provisions in place to maintain a cooperative relationship between both entities. These provisions were added to quell the fears of the nation's faithful that the new socialist government will instill {{wp|anti-clerical}} measures against the Church, and as part of [[Francisco Carvalho]]'s policy of reconciliation and {{wp|religious freedom}} during his first term as [[Prime Minister of Castadilla|prime minister]].


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
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* [[Diocese of Lago]]
* [[Diocese of Lago]]
* [[Diocese of New Romenia]]
* [[Diocese of New Romenia]]
===Ecclesiastical Province of Samalosi===
* [[Archdiocese of Vailoatai]]
* [[Diocese of Sagone]]
* [[Diocese of Manase]]
* [[Diocese of Faleu]]
===Ecclesiastical Province of Tainia===
===Ecclesiastical Province of Tainia===
* [[Archdiocese of Biminimarch]]
* [[Archdiocese of Biminimarch]]
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* [[Apostolic Prefecture of Santa Rosa]]
* [[Apostolic Prefecture of Santa Rosa]]
===Military Ordinariate===
===Military Ordinariate===
* [[Military Ordinariate of Rumahoki]]
* [[Military Ordinariate of Castadilla]]
===Personal Ordinariate===
===Personal Ordinariate===
Much of the imperial family were raised in the Chantrist faith and thus necessitated the establishment of a personal ordinariate. This personal ordinariate ensures that the imperial family is allowed to retain their religious practice while at the same time be in full communion with the Pope, is immediately subject to the Pope and not the Primate of All Vallos or the Primate of Rumahoki, and is canonically within the Levantine Church and is not a particular church:
Much of the imperial family were raised in the Chantrist faith and thus necessitated the establishment of a personal ordinariate. This personal ordinariate ensures that the imperial family is allowed to retain their religious practice while at the same time be in full communion with the Pope, is immediately subject to the Pope and not the Primate of All Vallos or the Primate of Castadilla, and is canonically within the Levantine Church and is not a particular church:
* the [[Ænglish Catholic Imperial Personal Ordinariate of Saint Brendan the Navigator]] (established in 1976)
* the [[Ænglish Catholic Imperial Personal Ordinariate of Saint Brendan the Navigator]] (established in 1976)
===Other Catholic jurisdictions===
===Other Catholic jurisdictions===
There exists a very small minority of Catholics in Rumahoki that adhere to one of the particular churches in communion with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis]], mostly from minority groups that exist throughout the nation, but a small portion of Delepasians are adherents to the [[Caphiric Church|Caphiric Catholic Church]], these are known as [[Isurites]] (not to be confused for [[Isurians]]):
There exists a very small minority of Catholics in Castadilla that adhere to one of the particular churches in communion with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis]], mostly from minority groups that exist throughout the nation, but a small portion of Delepasians are adherents to the [[Caphiric Church|Caphiric Catholic Church]], these are known as [[Isurites]] (not to be confused for [[Isurians]]):
* the [[Western Caphiric Catholic Eparchy of Saint Pontius Pilate in Los Rumas]] (established in 1997; immediately subject to the [[Patriarch of Venceia and All Sarpedon]])
* the [[Western Caphiric Catholic Eparchy of Saint Pontius Pilate in Los Rumas]] (established in 1997; immediately subject to the [[Patriarch of Venceia and All Sarpedon]])
* the [[Southern Coscivian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Santa Maria]] (established in 1996; immediately subject to the [[Archbishop of Valēka]])
* the [[Southern Coscivian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Santa Maria]] (established in 1996; immediately subject to the [[Archbishop of Valēka]])
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File:Almudena_2022_-_overview.jpg|[[Imperial Chapel of Saint Brendan]]
File:Almudena_2022_-_overview.jpg|[[Imperial Chapel of Saint Brendan]]
File:FacadeSanJuanBasilica03.jpg|[[Cathedral of the First Miracle]]
File:FacadeSanJuanBasilica03.jpg|[[Cathedral of the First Miracle]]
File:Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva Fiji July 2014.jpg|[[Faleu Cathedral]]
File:TexcocoCathFacade1.JPG|[[Alta Aguilaria Cathedral]]
File:TexcocoCathFacade1.JPG|[[Alta Aguilaria Cathedral]]
File:Catedral_de_Tepic_(Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción)_contrapicado.jpg|[[Baja Aguilaria Cathedral]]
File:Catedral_de_Tepic_(Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción)_contrapicado.jpg|[[Baja Aguilaria Cathedral]]
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File:FacadeSanMarcosTuxtla02.JPG|[[Triciudad Cathedral]]
File:FacadeSanMarcosTuxtla02.JPG|[[Triciudad Cathedral]]
File:Managua_Cathedral_2017.jpg|[[Cathedral of Outer Inaua]]
File:Managua_Cathedral_2017.jpg|[[Cathedral of Outer Inaua]]
File:Basilica Sancta Ana Leulumoega.jpg|[[Manase Cathedral]]
File:Cathedral_Basilica_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Port_of_Spain).JPG|[[San Joaquin's Cathedral]]
File:Cathedral_Basilica_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Port_of_Spain).JPG|[[San Joaquin's Cathedral]]
File:San_Isidoro_Cathedral.jpg|[[Cathedral of the North]]
File:San_Isidoro_Cathedral.jpg|[[Cathedral of the North]]
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File:Catedral_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_Guadalupe.jpg|[[Cathedral of the Apostle Saint John]]
File:Catedral_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_Guadalupe.jpg|[[Cathedral of the Apostle Saint John]]
File:Catedral_San_José_de_Mayo.jpg|[[Cathedral by the Lake in Lago City]]
File:Catedral_San_José_de_Mayo.jpg|[[Cathedral by the Lake in Lago City]]
File:Samoa police brass band.jpg|[[Sagone Cathedral]]
File:Cathédralestsauveur.jpg|[[Martinik Cathedral]]
File:Cathédralestsauveur.jpg|[[Martinik Cathedral]]
File:Grey_churh.jpg|[[Sn-Ives Cathedral]]
File:Grey_churh.jpg|[[Sn-Ives Cathedral]]
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* [[Delepasian National Church]]
* [[Delepasian National Church]]
* [[Marian Kapuhenasa]]
* [[Marian Kapuhenasa]]
* [[Protestantism in Rumahoki]]
* [[Protestantism in Castadilla]]
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Catholic Church in Castadilla
Latin: Ecclesia Catholica Castraediliae
Pelaxian: Iglesia Católica en Castadilla
Reform Tainean: Glais Kataulik des Kastetia
Patriarchal Cathedral of Los Rumas in Los Rumas
TypeNational polity
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationLevantine
ScriptureBible
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceCEV
PopeGregory XVII
Primate of All VallosHernan Almeida
Primate of CastadillaErnesto Ocampo
Apostolic NuncioJoan Gasquet
RegionCastadilla
LanguageLatin, Pelaxian, Reform Tainean
HeadquartersSanta Maria
FounderAfonso Ocampo
Origin15th Century
Los Rumas, Pelaxia
SeparationsProtestantism in Castadilla
Marian Kapuhenasa
Delepasian National Church
Members33,908,880

The Castadillaan Catholic Church, or the Catholic Church in Castadilla, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope in Urceopolis, under the governance of the Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos, the main governing body of the Catholic Church in Vallos. It is the largest religion in Castadilla as well as its former state religion prior to 1994. The Constitution of Castadilla recognises the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage, which has existed since the founding of the first archdiocese in Los Rumas in the 15th Century during the years of the viceroyalty, and establishes a cooperative relationship between the Castadillaan state and the Church.

According to the most recent census, over 33 million people (nearly 65% of the population) identify as being in communion with the Catholic Church. These 33 million adherents are spread across seven ecclesiastical provinces (Los Rumas, Las Joquis, Natalia, Salvador, New Albalitor, Samalosi, and Tainia) and one apostolic vicarate (located within the two Loa-majority states). The Catholic faith in Castadilla has syncretised heavily with various folk customs in certain parts of the nation, and in one case has even led to the emergence of a fully-fledged syncretic faith, that being Marian Kapuhenasa, the faith of those of the Loa who have occidentalised.

The main ecclesiastical province is in Los Rumas, headed by one of the few patriarchs within the Levantine Church. Unlike the heads of the particular churches in communion with the Pope in Urceopolis, the patriarchal title for the archbishop of Los Rumas is merely ceremonial and titular and confers no authority over other metropolitan bishops; it was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas on the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas. What does confer authority is the primatial title of the Primate of All Vallos, a title that denotes the president of the Episcopal Collegiate of Vallos, and was conferred to the Archdiocese of Los Rumas in the 15th Century shortly after the investiture of its first archbishop Afonso Ocampo.

History

Although Christianity in one form or another was introduced to Vallos centuries before the arrival of Mauricio Delepas through Caphiria, the existence of an organised Catholic presence would not begin until the establishment of the Diocese of Los Rumas late 15th Century and the investiture of Afonso Ocampo, who henceforth was conferred the title of Primate of All Vallos as the first archbishop in the region. Throughout the early colonial era, the highest priority of the Church and the Pelaxian Crown was to incorporate the existing non-Pelaxian populations into the organised Catholic structure and to establish and expand the episcopal hierarchy into the Viceroyalty of Los Rumas. The Diocese of Las Joquis was established in 1553, initially as a suffragan diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Los Rumas; it became the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Las Joquis when it was established in 1682, soon becoming the holder of the viceregal primatial title in 1698.

The 18th and 19th Centuries were when the episcopal structure of the Church in the Viceroyalty came to resemble the episcopal structure as it exists to this day. The Los Rumas archdiocese was conferred the title of Patriarch of Los Rumas in 1798 to celebrate the tricentennial of the arrival of Mauricio Delepas; the minor patriarchal title is honourary and does not affect the archbishop's status in relation to the rest of the Levantine Church in any way. The newest of these ecclesiastical provinces was the Ecclesiastical Province of New Albalitor, established in 1905, with dioceses that date back to shortly after the collapse of the Loa Empire in the 1870s. Although the areas that comprise the New Albalitor province had a Catholic presence for centuries, these areas had underwent a campaign of de-Christianisation when the Romany kingdoms were conquered by the Loa Empire in the 18th Century, and it was not until the arrival of the Navidadians that Christianity was introduced to these lands, soon culminating in the rise of a syncretic religion in the Loa-majority areas known as Marian Kapuhenasa which holds sway over the entirety of Castadilla's Loa population to this day.

With the rise of Delepasian exceptionalism in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the Catholic Church became one of the key tenets of the Delepasian identity. Many of the constitutions of the Delepasian polities were amended to exhalt the role of the Catholic Church in both the history and the heritage of the Delepasian people, oftentimes even making the Catholic Church the state religion. However, it was also during this time that opposition towards clericalism began to emerge, mostly from liberals and socialists who protested the supposed merging of church and state. The establishment of the [[Estado Social] (Castadilla)|Estado Social]] in Rosaria and the Delepasian Commonwealth both led to the further entrenchment of the role of Catholic Church within the state. Under the ideals of the Estado Social, the Church was the torch-bearer of civilisation and that anyone who refuses to acknowledge its supremacy were deemed to be traitors to the Delepasian people. The establishment of the Delepasian Commonwealth also saw the establishment of a personal ordinariate designed to ensure that the imperial family, although raised in the Chantrist faith, would be in full communion with the Pope while still retaining their practices for the time being.

The early 1990s saw the Estado Social toning down the role of the Church within the state as part of a series of liberalising reforms designed to breathe new life into the aging and decrepit system. These reforms were mostly reversed, but these reversals ultimately proved to be fruitless after the Velvet Revolution in 1994 and the subsequent Castadillaan transition to democracy. Although the new socialist government in Castadilla that arose after the transition officially declared that the state would be secular in nature, the new constitution still recognises and acknowledges the role and significance of the Catholic Church as part of the nation's history and heritage and has provisions in place to maintain a cooperative relationship between both entities. These provisions were added to quell the fears of the nation's faithful that the new socialist government will instill anti-clerical measures against the Church, and as part of Francisco Carvalho's policy of reconciliation and religious freedom during his first term as prime minister.

Subdivisions

Ecclesiastical Province of Los Rumas

Ecclesiastical Province of Las Joquis

Ecclesiastical Province of Natalia

Ecclesiastical Province of Salvador

Ecclesiastical Province of New Albalitor

Ecclesiastical Province of Samalosi

Ecclesiastical Province of Tainia

Apostolic Prelatures of Loaland

Military Ordinariate

Personal Ordinariate

Much of the imperial family were raised in the Chantrist faith and thus necessitated the establishment of a personal ordinariate. This personal ordinariate ensures that the imperial family is allowed to retain their religious practice while at the same time be in full communion with the Pope, is immediately subject to the Pope and not the Primate of All Vallos or the Primate of Castadilla, and is canonically within the Levantine Church and is not a particular church:

Other Catholic jurisdictions

There exists a very small minority of Catholics in Castadilla that adhere to one of the particular churches in communion with the Pope in Urceopolis, mostly from minority groups that exist throughout the nation, but a small portion of Delepasians are adherents to the Caphiric Catholic Church, these are known as Isurites (not to be confused for Isurians):

Regular (monastic) Catholic jurisdictions

  • The Sacred Brothers and Sisters of Saint Bruno - Carthusians
  • The Blessed Sisters of the Immaculate Conception - Conceptionists
  • The Hermetical Brothers of the Principled Rules of Saint Augustine - Hieronymites
  • The Holy Brothers and Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Adouka - Adouka Cruzados
  • The Visitation Sisters of the Holy Virgin Mary - Visitandines

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See also

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