Tag:denomination=catholic

All places of worship receive amenity=place_of_worship. All catholic site should receive religion=christian.

Christian denominations

Even though there are no denominations within the Catholic Church, denomination=* is tagged to identify one of the sui iuris churches.

Churches and rites in union with the Catholic Church
denomination=catholic denomination=roman_catholic	Unspecified Catholic denomination. (It is prefered to use denomination=greek_catholic, denomination=roman_catholic, or other rite as appropriate, if known. But in some cases of ecumenical features, "catholic" may be the best fit.) (Roman Catholic Church)
denomination=armenian_catholic	Armenian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=albanian_greek_catholic	Albanian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=belarusian_greek_catholic	Belarusian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=bulgarian_greek_catholic	Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=chaldean_catholic	Chaldean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=coptic_catholic	Coptic Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=eritrean_catholic	Eritrean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=ethiopian_catholic	Ethiopian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=greek_catholic denomination=greek_byzantine_catholic	Greek Byzantine Catholic Church "including many liturgical traditions, each one of the tradition having its own churches.)
denomination=greek_catholic_of_croatia_and_serbia	Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia "including many liturgical traditions, each one of the tradition having its own churches.)
denomination=hungarian_greek_catholic	Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=italo_albanian_catholic	Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=roman_catholic denomination=latin	Latin Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=macedonian_greek_catholic	Macedonian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=melkite_greek_catholic	Melkite Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=maronite	Maronite Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=romanian_greek_catholic denomination=romanian_catholic	Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=russian_greek_catholic	Russian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=ruthenian_greek_catholic	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=slovak_greek_catholic	Slovak Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=syriac_catholic	Syriac Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=syro-malabar_catholic	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=syro-malankara_catholic	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
denomination=ukrainian_greek_catholic	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)

Tags to use in combination

• name=* – The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).
• amenity=place_of_worship (if still used as place of worship)
• landuse=religious to the area surrounding the buildings
• building:use=* – useful to record current building use, especially if it is no longer religious
• religion=christian
• diocese=* diocese that the parish respond to
• parish=* parish responsable for the building
• Address – "addr" is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses.
• wheelchair=* – Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs.
• website=* – Specifying the link to the official website for a feature.

Building related tags

• For building=* most commons are:
  • building=church
  • building=cathedral
  • building=chapel
  • building=monastery
  • building=convent
  • building=shrine
  • building=wayside_shrine

• For church you should also add:
  • church:type=*

Most common should be church:type=parish

• Roman Catholic Churches also is reponsable for administrate others building like:
  • building=hospital
  • building=college
  • building=school

To those build add religion=christian and denomination=*, also add the operator=* probably the parish and the operator:type=religious. But, you should **not** use amenity=place_of_worship neither landuse=religious.

Finally you should add the:

• building:architecture=* – Architectural style of a building, most common for churches may be:
  • building:architecture=romanesque
  • building:architecture=gothic
  • building:architecture=renaissance
  • building:architecture=baroque
  • building:architecture=rococo
  • building:architecture=neoclassicism
  • building:architecture=modern
  • building:architecture=eclectic

Communities and monasteries

See : Mapping_monasteries

Monasteries, when complex, can be mapped as Relation:site with

• amenity=monastery
• name=* ...
• religion=christian
• denomination=catholic
• community=* ...
• phone=* ...

Time related tags

• opening_hours=* – Describe when they are opened for visiting. There is a specific standard format for this data.
• service_times=* – Describes when they offer services.
• mass_times=* – Describe when they celebrate Mass.
• confession_times=* – Describes when they offer Confession.

About the time of constrution should use:

• construction_date=* - when the building constrution has finished
• start_date=* - date when the church/building consegration and its first Mass celebration.