Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
| Archdiocese of Alba Iulia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Romania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Gergely Kovács |
| Auxiliary bishop | László Kerekes (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | György Jakubinyi |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | József Tamás |
| founding | 1009 |
| surface | 58,234 km² |
| Parishes | 253 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 4,017,256 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 397,778 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 9.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 303 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,167 |
| Friars | 59 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 70 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Hungarian German Romanian |
| cathedral | St. Michael |
| address | Arhiepiscopia Romano-Catolica Str.Mihai Viteazul 21 RO-510010 Alba Iulia România |
| Website | ersekseg.ro |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia ( Latin Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis , Hungarian Gyulafehérvári főegyházmegye ) is in Romania located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
history
Founded in 1009 by King Stephan I of the Kingdom of Hungary as the diocese of Transylvania with its seat in Alba Iulia ( Hungarian : Gyulafehérvár , German : Karlsburg, Weißenburg ). After the Concordat concluded between the Kingdom of Romania and the Holy See , it changed its name to the Diocese of Alba Iulia on March 22, 1932. On August 5, 1991, Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an immediate archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Quod satis constat . The first archbishop was Lajos Bálint .
Auxiliary bishops
- 1949–1950 Imre Alfréd Erőss
- 1951–1953 Győző Simon Macalik , titular bishop of Azotus
- 1981–1990 Lajos Bálint , titular bishop of Nova
- 1990–1994 György Jakubinyi , titular bishop of Aquae Regiae
- 1996–2019 József Tamás , titular bishop of Valabria
See also
- List of Roman Catholic Bishops of Transylvania
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- List of former Catholic dioceses
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Alba Iulia - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (Hungarian, Romanian, English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Alba Iulia on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)