Diocese of Iași
| Diocese of Iași | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Romania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bucharest |
| Diocesan bishop | Iosif Păuleţ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Petru Gherghel |
| founding | June 27, 1884 |
| surface | 46,378 km² |
| Parishes | 149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,359,223 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 226,628 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 5.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 297 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 96 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 577 |
| Friars | 222 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 419 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Romanian Polish Not recognized: Hungarian |
| cathedral | St. Mary Queen |
| Website | www.ercis.ro |
The Diocese of Iași ( Latin : Dioecesis Iasensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Romania with its seat in Iași .
history
The origins of the diocese go back to the 1607 Bacau diocese in small Wallachia, which was dissolved in 1818 and co-administered by the Apostolic Vicariate of Moldova. The diocese of Iași was on June 27, 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. built. The Franciscan Minorite Nicolae Iosif Camilli became the first bishop .
According to Article 22 of the new Law on Religious Affairs and in compliance with the decree of the communist government in 1948, the Catholic dioceses of the Latin rite in Romania had been reduced to two: Diocese of Iasi and Diocese of Alba Iulia . The Archdiocese of Bucharest was integrated into Iaşi, the dioceses Oradea Mare , Satu Mare and Timişoara , after Alba Iulia. This created a very confusing situation. Each diocese continued to exist canonically, administratively and politically, from June 1951 to 1989 it represented the Diocese of Iași, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest, before the state authorities. No bishops could be appointed; so the dioceses were led for many years by a Ordinarius substitutus or by an apostolic administrator . Bishop Petru Pleşca received in 1965 the title of "general provicar".
On October 28, 1993 there were areas for the establishment of the Apostolic Administration of Moldovia, which was raised to the Diocese of Chișinău in 2001 .
The first cathedral "Adormirea Maicii Domnului" (Assumption of Mary) was consecrated in 1789.
Today's cathedral "Sfânta Maria Regină" (Queen of Mary) was consecrated on November 1, 2005.
Ordinaries
- 1884–1894 Nicolae Iosif Camilli, OFM Conv
- 1894–1895 Caietan Liverotti ( Apostolic Administrator )
- 1895–1903 Dominic Jaquet, OFM Conv
- 1903–1904 Iosif Malinovski (Apostolic Administrator)
- 1904–1915 Nicolae Iosif Camilli (personal title of an archbishop)
- 1916–1920 Ulderic Cipollone (Apostolic Administrator)
- 1920–1924 Alexandru Theodor Cisar
- 1925-1944 Mihai Robu
- 1944–1947 Marcu Glaser (Apostolic Administrator)
- 1947–1949 Anton Durcovici
- 1949–1950 Marcu Glaser (Apostolic Administrator)
- 1950 Gheorghe Peţ (Ordinarius substitutus)
- 1950–1951 Wilhelm Clofanda (Ordinarius substitutus)
- 1951–1977 Petru Pleşca (Ordinarius substitutus, from 1965 titular bishop and "general provicer")
- 1977–1978 Andrei Gherguţ (Ordinarius Substitutus)
- 1978–1990 Petru Gherghel (Apostolic Administrator)
- 1990-2019 Petru Gherghel
- since 2019 Iosif Păuleţ
Auxiliary bishops
- 1999-2019 Aurel Percă , titular bishop of Mauriana
Dean's offices
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See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Iași on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Homepage of the Diocese of Iaşi (Romanian)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)