Romanian Diocese of

Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti

Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Romanian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (română) / Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest (English) / San Basilio Magno di Bucarest (Italiano) / Sanctus Basilius Magnus Bucarestien(sis) Romenorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2014.05.29: Established as Diocese of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (română) / Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest (English) / San Basilio Magno di Bucarest (Italiano) / Sanctus Basilius Magnus Bucarestien(sis) Romenorum (Latin) (from Major Archdiocese of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia and became suffragan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.05.29 – ...):

Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian Rite)

Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (54)
(2014.05.29 – ...)

Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti of the Romanians (Romania)

Born:	1970.12.10 (Alba Iulia, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1996.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.12.16

Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1996.08.11 – 2007.10.27)

Titular Bishop of Novæ (2007.10.27 – 2014.05.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (2007.10.27 – 2014.05.29)

Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti of the Romanians (Romania) (2014.05.29 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedrala Greco-Catolică Sf. Vasile cel Mare, Bucureşti, Bucureşti

Saint John XXIII of Sofia (↙), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (↖), Odessa (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 8,920 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (15 diocesan, 2 religious), 26 religious (4 brothers, 22 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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