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Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj Gherla

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Population - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 49,500

Pope
  
Francis

Major archbishop
  
Lucian Mureșan

Rite
  
Byzantine Rite

Country
  
Romania

Bishop
  
Florentin Crihălmeanu

Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla

Metropolitan
  
Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia

Denomination
  
Romanian Catholic Church

Established
  
19 December 1853 (As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár ) 5 June 1930 (As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla)

Address
  
Calea Moților, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Cathedral
  
Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

Ecclesiastical province
  
Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia

The Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla is a diocese of the Byzantine Rite of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia.

Eparchs

  • Ioan Alexi (16 Nov 1854 Confirmed – 29 Jun 1863 Died)
  • Ioan Vancea (25 Sep 1865 Appointed - 21 Dec 1868 Appointed, Archbishop of Fagaras e Alba Iulia (Romanian))
  • Mihail Pavel (23 Dec 1872 Appointed - 15 May 1879 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
  • Ioan Sabo (15 May 1879 Appointed - May 1911 Died)
  • Vasile Hossu (16 Dec 1911 Appointed - 13 Jan 1916 Died)
  • Iuliu Hossu (21 Apr 1917 Appointed - 28 May 1970 Died) (Cardinal in pectore, 1969)
  • George Guțiu (14 Mar 1990 Appointed - 18 Jul 2002 Retired)
  • Florentin Crihălmeanu (18 Jul 2002 Succeeded - )

    • References

    Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla Wikipedia
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