Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla

Diocese of Cluj-Gherla
Dioecesis Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum
Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla
Location
Country  Romania
Metropolitan Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
49,500
Information
Denomination Romanian Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established 19 December 1853
(As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár )
5 June 1930
(As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla)
Cathedral Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan
Bishop Florentin Crihălmeanu
Map

Church administrative divisions

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.[1]

Eparchs

References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy page

(in Romanian) Official website

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