Roman Catholic Church in Romania

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Latin Catholics in Romania (2002 Census)
Greek Catholics in Romania (2002 Census)

The Roman Catholic Church is the second largest denomination in Romania . It consists of 5.4% of the population, i.e. a good 1 million people. In contrast, the Romanian Orthodox Church , to which 86.5% of the population profess, is much larger .

The vast majority of Romanian Catholics (approx. 870,000) are members of the Latin Church , which traditionally has a strong presence among members of the Hungarian population in Transylvania . About 150,000 belong to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church , which arose in the course of the Catholic missionary efforts among the Orthodox population during the Habsburg rule in Transylvania. In addition, the Armenian Catholic Church has several hundred members in the country. All three particular churches are represented in Romania with their own hierarchy. Its bishops are members of the Romanian Bishops' Conference .

The apostolic nuncio has been Miguel Maury Buendía since 2015 .

List of dioceses

Dioceses of the Latin Church in Romania

Latin Church

Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest

Exemt

Dioceses of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church

Romanian Greek Catholic Church

Armenian Catholic Church

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Romanian, PDF), here p. 6. Romano-catolică only refers to the Latin Church.
  2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census (Excel file)

literature

  • Anthony Abbot: The Catholic Church in Romania, especially in Wallachia, as well as in Bulgaria. A historical and statistical sketch. Woerl, Würzburg 1879.
  • Ion Dumitriu-Snagov: Le Saint-Siège et la Roumanie modern. 2 volumes. Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome 1989.

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