Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Cluj-Gherla
Latin:Eparchia Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum
Local:Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla
Country: Romania
Province:Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Metropolitan:Major Archeparchy of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Population As Of:2013
Catholics:49,500
Sui Iuris Church:Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite:Byzantine
Established:19 December 1853
(As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár)
5 June 1930
(As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla)
Cathedral:Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
Major Archbishop:Lucian Mureșan
Bishop:Claudiu-Lucian Pop
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Map:Romanian Greek-Catholic (Uniate) Church map.svg
Map Size:250px

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. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcluj.html Catholic Hierarchy page

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