Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Archeparchy of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis et Albae Iuliensis Romenorum Arhieparhia de Făgăraș și Alba Iulia | |
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Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Cardinal Lucian Mureșan |
| Suffragans | Cluj-Gherla, Lugoj, Maramureș, Oradea Mare, Bucharest |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Cristian Dumitru Crișan |
| Map | |
_Church_map.svg) Church administrative divisions | |
| Website | |
| www.aegc.ro | |
The Romanian Catholic Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity that is situated in the city of Blaj
.
There are five suffragan dioceses of the archeparchy in Romania :
Additionally, in
Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St George is part of the Church but is exempt. The Eparchy of St. George takes part in the Church's synod
.
On 18 May 1721 it was established as the Metropolitan Archeparchy of
Latin: Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis Romenorum). On 16 November 1854 it was renamed Metropolitan Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
(Fagarasien(sis) et Albae Iulien(sis) Romenorum in Latin). On 16 December 2005 it was promoted to Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.
See also
External links
- GCatholic.org information on the Major Archdiocese
- Religious Leaders data per April 2006
| Major archeparchy: Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
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| Exempt eparchy |
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| Latin dioceses | |
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| Romanian Greek Catholic | |
| Armenian Catholic |
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