Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla
Diocese of Cluj-Gherla Dioecesis Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Metropolitan | Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 49,500 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Romanian Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 19 December 1853 (As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár ) 5 June 1930 (As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla) |
| Cathedral | Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Lucian Mureșan |
| Bishop | Florentin Crihălmeanu |
| Map | |
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The Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla is a diocese of the Byzantine Rite of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia.[1]
Ordinaries
- Ioan Alexi † ( 1854 Appointed - 1865 Died)
- Ioan Vancea † (25 Sep 1865 Appointed - 21 Dec 1868 Appointed, Archbishop of Fagaras e Alba Iulia (Romanian))
- Michele Pavel † (23 Dec 1872 Appointed - 15 May 1879 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
- Johann Szabó † (15 May 1879 Appointed - May 1911 Died)
- Basilio Hossu † (16 Dec 1911 Appointed - 13 Jan 1916 Died)
- Iuliu Hossu † (21 Apr 1917 Appointed - 28 May 1970 Died) (Cardinal in pectore, 1969)
- George Guțiu † (14 Mar 1990 Appointed - 18 Jul 2002 Retired)
- Florentin Crihălmeanu (18 Jul 2002 Succeeded - )
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