Eastern Rites
There are two Eastern Rite churches and one Eastern Rite Cathedral within the archdiocese's boundaries:
- St. Raymond's Cathedral, Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite)
- St. Louis Byzantine (Ruthenian) Church, Byzantine Eparchy of Parma
- St. Mary's Assumption Ukrainian Catholic Church, Eparchy of Saint Nicolas of Chicago for the Ukrainians
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