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asaris, this should be of interest to you:
http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/c...d_churches.htm
All in all there are over 20 Catholic rites in 4 major groupings of type. The important thing to understand about Catholic rites is that they are not like denominations. All Catholic rites are in unity in their beliefs, but they may perform the liturgy and various other things differently.