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Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare

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Diocese of Oradea Mare (Gran Varadino)

Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Romenorum

Episcopia de Oradea Mare
The Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Oradea
Location
CountryRomania
Ecclesiastical provinceFăgăraş and Alba Iulia
MetropolitanGreek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
87,000
Information
DenominationRomanian Greek Catholic Church
Sui iuris churchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established23 June 1777
CathedralCathedral of St Nicholas, Oradea
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopLucian Mureșan
BishopVirgil Bercea
Map
Church administrative divisions
Church administrative divisions
Website
Website

The Greek Catholic diocese of Oradea Mare is the Eparchy of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church for the area of Oradea.

It was founded in 1777, followers of the Greek Rite having been up to that time under the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop. Originally the see was a suffragan of Esztergom (Gran); when, however, in 1853 the Greek Catholic Diocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia became the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, the diocese of Oradea Mare was transferred to its jurisdiction.[1] The see is divided into six archidiaconates and 19 vice-archidiaconates.

Bishops

The list of the eparch (bishops) of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare is:[1]

Famous priests

References

  1. ^ a b "Istoric". Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea. Retrieved 7 April 2011.