Catholic Church in Cyprus

Most Catholic worshippers are either Maronite Cypriots, under the pastoral care of Joseph Soueif, Archeparch of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus, or Latins, under the pastoral care of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, with a Patriarchal Vicar General.

[6] There is also a Catholic presence through chapels and chaplains serving British military personnel, staff and dependents in the Sovereign Base Areas of the island that were established in 1960.

[7] Many of the religious sites in Cyprus can be traced to early Byzantine foundations,[8] built before the East-West Schism between Rome and Constantinople in the 11th century.

Their architecture and iconography reveal a profound influence on ecclesial building traditions still in use in the Cypriot Orthodox Church.

The former Catholic Augustinian Cloister of Bellapais near Kyrenia was transferred to Orthodox Church authorities when the Ottomans conquered Cyprus at the end of the 16th century.