Romanian Major Archdiocese of

Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Romania Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Romanian (Byzantine)

Type: Major Archdiocese Major Archdiocese

Name: Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (rumantsch) / Fagaras and Alba Julia (English) / Fagarasien(sis) et Albæ Iulien(sis) Romenorum (Latin)

Subject to the Major Archbishop

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

History

Contact Info

Address: Str. Petru Pavel Aron 2, RO-515400 Blaj, AB, Romania

Phone: 0258-71.20.57; 71.20.57

Present Prelates

Major Archbishop (2025.11.05 – ...):Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (53)Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (53)

President of Synod of the Romanian Church

Ordinaries

Major Archbishops of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian Rite)

Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (53)Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (53)
(2025.11.05 – ...)

Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania)
President of Synod of the Romanian Church

Born:1972.07.22 (Piscolt, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1995.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:2011.12.08

Priest of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1995.07.23 – 2011.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Mariamme (2011.11.21 – 2021.04.14)

Bishop of Curia of the Romanians (2011.11.21 – 2021.04.14)

Bishop of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania) (2021.04.14 – 2025.11.05)

Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (2025.11.05 – ...)

President of Synod of the Romanian Church (2025.11.05 – ...)

Cardinal Lucian Mureșan
(2005.12.16 – 2025.09.25)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1931.05.23 (Ferneziu, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1990.05.27
Created Cardinal:2012.02.18
Died:2025.09.25 (Blaj, Romania † 94)

Priest of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1964.12.19 – 1990.03.14)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1994.07.04)

President of Synod of the Romanian Church (1994 – 2025.09.25)

Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1994.07.04 – 2005.12.16)

President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (1998 – 2001)

President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2004.06 – 2007.05)

Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (2005.12.16 – 2025.09.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2010.06 – 2012.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio (2012.02.18 [2012.10.08] – 2025.09.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2016.05.11 – 2019.04.10)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2019.04.10 – 2022.05.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2022.05.07 – 2025.05.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Romania (2025.05.24 – 2025.09.25)

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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