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

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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