Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla

Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla

Eparchia Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum

Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical provinceFăgăraş and Alba Iulia
MetropolitanMajor Archeparchy of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Population
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
49,500
Information
Sui iuris churchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine
Established19 December 1853
(As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár )
5 June 1930
(As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla)
CathedralTransfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopLucian Mureșan
BishopClaudiu-Lucian Pop
Map
Church administrative divisions
Church administrative divisions

The Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla is an eparchy (equivalent to a diocese in the Latin Church) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church which is an Eastern Catholic particular church of the Catholic Church that is in full communion with the Holy See. Its uses the Byzantine Rite in the Romanian language in its liturgical services. It was founded in 1930. It is a suffragan diocese of the Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.[1] The eparchy's cathedral church is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration which is situated in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. A co-cathedral — the Cathedral of the Entry of the Virgin Mary into the Temple in Gherla — is still in the hands of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The incumbent eparch is Claudiu-Lucian Pop.

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References

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page