Catholic ChurchinRomania |
Also known as: Rumänien (Deutsch), Rumania (español), la Roumanie (français), Romania (Italiano, latine), Rumunia (polski), Roménia (Português), România (română), 羅馬尼亞 (正體中文), ルーマニア (日本語)
Major Archiepiscopal Sees (Major Archdioceses) (1)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (1)
Roman Rite (6): Alba Iulia, Bucureşti, Iaşi, Oradea Mare, Satu Mare, Timişoara
Armenian Church (1): Romania
Romanian Church (6): Cluj–Gherla, Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, Lugoj, Maramureş, Oradea Mare, Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Apostolic Nunciature: Romania
Conference of Bishops: Conferinţa Episcopală România
Major Archiepiscopal Synod: Synod of the Romanian Church
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Patron Saints: Saint Andrew, Saint Niceta di Remesiana
Saints: 26 Saints, 14 Blesseds
Continent: East Europe
Capital: Bucharest
Area: 229,891 km²
Population: 21,529,967
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Serbia , ← Hungary , ↑ Ukraine , → Moldova , ↓ Bulgaria
Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, other (includes Muslim) 0.9%, none or atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.3%
Languages: Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1%
Ethnic Groups: Romanian 83.4%, Hungarian 6.1%, Romani 3.1%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.2%, other 0.7%, unspecified 6.1%
Area: 238,391 km²
Catholic Population: 1,413,000 Catholics (7.4% of 19,202,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 1,876 parishes, 1 mission station (with resident priest), 37 other centres
Clergy: 23 bishops (12 diocesan, 11 titular), 1,975 priests (1,722 diocesan, 253 religious), 10 permanent deacons (6 diocesan, 4 religious)
Non-Clergy: 1,004 religious (64 brothers, 940 sisters), 5 members of secular institutes (sisters), 435 major seminarians, 55 missionaries, 507 catechists
Last updated on 2024.05.22
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