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List of Rites of the Catholic Church
  • The Roman Tradition
    1. the Latin Rite
      (most Catholics belong to this rite)
    2. the Ambrosian Rite
    3. the Mozarabic Rite
    4. the Slavonic Rite
    5. the Gallican Rite
  • The Antiochene Tradition
    1. The Maronite Rite
    2. The West Syrian Rite
    3. The Malankara Rite
  • The Chaldean Tradition
    1. The Chaldean Rite
    2. The Malabar Rite
  • The Armenian Tradition
    1. The Armenian Rite
  • The Alexandrian Tradition
    1. The Coptic Rite
    2. The Ethiopic Rite
  • The Byzantine Tradition
    1. The Melkite Rite
    2. The Ukrainian Rite
    3. The Russian Rite
    4. The Bulgarian Rite
    5. The Greek Rite
    6. The Georgian Rite
    7. The Italo-Albanian Rite
    8. The Romanian Rite
    9. The Serbian Rite


Although a somewhat different grouping is used, a very good and more detailed commentary  on some of these rites can be found by following this link.
Another external link to a Wikipedia discussion of Latin Liturgical Rites.
This link discusses the history of the Roman Canon.

The Mass of the Western Rites by the Right Reverend Dom Fernand Cabrol