Archdiocese of Bucharest
| Archdiocese of Bucharest | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Romania |
| Diocesan bishop | Aurel Perca |
| Auxiliary bishop | Cornel Damian |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ioan Robu |
| founding | April 27, 1883 |
| surface | 84,865 km² |
| Parishes | 68 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 8,740,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 61,050 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 89 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 39 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 477 |
| Friars | 60 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 243 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Romanian |
| cathedral | St. Joseph |
| address | Arhiepiscopia Romano-Catolica Str. Gen. Berthelot 19 RO-010164 Bucureşti România |
| Website | www.arcb.ro |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Iași Diocese of Oradea Mare Diocese of Satu Mare Diocese of Timișoara |
The Bucharest St. Joseph's Cathedral
The Archdiocese of Bucharest ( Latin Archidioecesis Bucarestiensis , Romanian Arhidieceza de București ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania .
history
It emerged from the Apostolic Vicariate of Wallachia , the Pope Leo XIII. on April 27, 1883 raised to the archbishopric . On June 5, 1930 , as a result of the signing of the Concordat between the Romanian State and the Holy See , the Archbishop of Bucharest was elevated to Primate of Romania .
The oldest preserved church in the Archdiocese of Bucharest is the Franciscan Church (Câmpulung) , from the 13th century. This goes back to Transylvanian-Saxon colonists.
Archbishops
- 1883–1885 Ignatius Paoli CP
- 1885-1892 Paolo Giuseppe Palma CP
- 1890–1893 Costantino Costa CP Apostolic Administrator
- 1893–1894 Sedis vacancy - Vicar General Basilius Laureri CP
- 1894–1895 Johann Joseph Friedrich Otto Zardetti
- 1895–1896 Dominique Jaquet , Bishop of Jassy Administrator
- 1896–1905 Joseph-Xavier Hornstein
- 1905–1924 Raymund Netzhammer OSB
- 1924–1948 Alexandru Theodor Cisar
- 1948–1949 Anton Durcovici , Bishop of Jassy , administrator
- 1949–1950 Joseph Schubert
- 1950–1962 Stanislaus Iovanelli, Canon , Capitular Vicar
- 1962–1983 Francisc Augustin, Ordinarius Substitutus
- 1984–1990 Ioan Robu , Apostolic Administrator
- 1990-2019 Ioan Robu
- since 2020 Aurel Percă
Auxiliary bishops
- since 2003 Cornel Damian , Titular Bishop of Iziriana
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Bucharest (Romanian)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bucharest on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.com (English)