Cluj-Gherla Eparchy
| Cluj-Gherla Eparchy | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Romania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Grand Archbishopric of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
| Diocesan bishop | Florentin Crihălmeanu |
| Parishes | 179 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 600,000 ( 1948 ) |
| Catholics | 60,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 8th % |
| Diocesan priest | 144 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 375 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Friars | 25 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 110 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Romanian |
| cathedral | Cluj-Napoca Minorite Church |
| Co-cathedral | Catedrala Intrarea in Biserică a Maicii Domnului, Gherla |
| address | Calea Moților 26, RO-400001 Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Website | eparhiaclujgherla.ro |
The Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla ( lat. : Dioecesis Claudiopolitanus-Armenopolitanus Romenorum , Romanian : Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla ) is in Romania located Diocese of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church , headquartered in Cluj-Napoca . It covers the north-western part of Transylvania .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Apostolicam Sedem on December 19, 1853 from cession of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragandiocese .
In 1924 the headquarters of the diocese was moved from Gherla to Cluj (Klausenburg) - hence the name diocese Cluj-Gherla .
With the Apostolic Constitution Solemni conventione of June 5, 1930, the diocese gave part of its territory to the diocese of Maramureş and took its current name.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár
- Ioan Alexi (November 16, 1854 - 1863)
- Ioan Vancea (September 25, 1865 - December 21, 1868), then Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Făgăraș
- Mihail Pavel (December 23, 1872 - May 15, 1879), then Bishop of Oradea Mare
- Ioan Szabó (May 15, 1879 - May 1911)
- Basil Hossu (December 16, 1911 - January 13, 1916)
- Iuliu Hossu (April 21, 1917 - June 5, 1930)
Bishops of Cluj-Gherla
- Iuliu Hossu (June 5, 1930 - May 28, 1970)
- Gheorghe Guțiu (March 14, 1990 - July 18, 2002)
- Florentin Crihălmeanu (since July 18, 2002)
Dean's offices
- Beclean ( German : Bethlen ), ( Hungarian : Bethlen (település) )
- Bistrița ( German : Bistritz ), ( Hungarian : Beszterce )
- Buciumi
- Cluj ( German : Klausenburg ), ( Hungarian : Kolozsvár )
- Dej ( German : Burglos or Deesch ), ( Hungarian : Dés )
- Gherla ( German : Neuschloss / Armenierstadt ), ( Hungarian : Szamosújvár )
- Huedin ( German : Heynod ), ( Hungarian : Bánffyhunyad )
- Iara
- Ileanda
- Lăpuș
- Munții Apuseni
- Rodna ( German : Altrodenau ), ( Hungarian : Óradna )
- Someș ( German : Somesch , also Samosch ), ( Hungarian : Szamos )
See also
Web links
- Website of the Eparchy (Romanian)
- Description on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Cluj-Gherla on Giga-Catholic (English)
