List of Catholic dioceses in Romania

Unlike most European countries, the Catholic Church in Romania comprises in a single national episcopal conference both Latin and two Eastern Catholic churches (one of which being nation-specific):

  • A Latin hierarchy
    • one ecclesiastical province with four suffragan sees
    • an exempt non-metropolitan archdiocese
  • Two Eastern Catholic rite-specific particular churches sui iuris:
    • The Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite (Greek Catholic) in Rumanian language, comprising the Ecclesiastical province of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia, whose Metropolitan Archbishop is the Major Archbishop (almost Patriarch) of the whole rite-specific particular church sui iuris, and all its four Romanian Suffragan Eparchies (dioceses).
    • An Armenian Catholic Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful.

There is also an Apostolic nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Bucharest, into which is also vested the Apostolic nunciature to neighbouring Moldova (Ex-Soviet, ethnic Romanians).

Current Dioceses

Latin Hierarchy

Administrative map of the Latin and Armenian Catholic hierarchies in Romania

Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest

Exempt

Eastern Catholic

Armenian Catholic Church

(Armenian Rite in Armenian language)

Romanian (Greek) Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia

(Romanian Greek Catholic Church, Romanian language Byzantine (Greek) Rite)

Defunct jurisdictions

Titular see

Only the Latin Titular archbishopric (non-Metropolitan) Constantia in Scythia

Other defunct Latin jurisdictions

(Excluding merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions)

Eastern Catholic defunct jurisdictions

See also

Sources and external links

  • GCatholic.org.
  • Catholic-Hierarchy entry.