Diocese of Iaşi, Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Iaşi (română) / Jászvásár (Magyar) / Iasen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bucureşti

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1818: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Moldavia (from the suppressed Diocese of Bacău)
1884.06.27: Promoted as Diocese of Iaşi (română) / Jászvásár (Magyar) / Iasen(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
1921: Gained territory from Diocese of Tiraspol
1930.06.05: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv
1930.06.06: Became suffragan of Bucureşti
1993.10.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Moldova

Contact Info

Address: Bd. Ştefan cel Mare şi Sfânt, nr. 26, 700064, Iaşi, Romania

Phone: 0232-212003

Papal Visits

Pope Francis (2019.06)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.07.06 – ...):	Bishop Iosif Păuleţ (70)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.09.30 – ...):	Bishop Petru Sescu (59) Titular Bishop of Murcona

Ordinaries

Bishops of Iaşi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Iosif Păuleţ (70)
(2019.07.06 – ...)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania)

Tu solus Dominus

Born:	1954.10.17 (Tămăşeni, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.08.06

Priest of Iaşi (Romania) (1979.06.29 – 2019.07.06)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (2019.07.06 – ...)

Bishop Petru Gherghel (84)
(1990.03.14 – 2019.07.06)

Bishop emeritus of Iaşi (Romania)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1940.06.28 (Gherăeşti, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.05.01

Priest of Iaşi (Romania) (1965.06.29 – 1990.03.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania) (1978.02.21 – 1990.03.14)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 2019.07.06)

Fr. Petru Gherghel (84) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1978.02.21 – 1990.03.14)

Blessed Bishop Anton Durcovici
(1947.10.30 – 1951.12.10)

Beatus populus cujus Deus Dominus

Born:	1888.05.17 (Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.04.05
Died:	1951.12.10 🩸 (Sighetu, Romania † 63)
Beatified:	2014.05.17 (Iași, Romania)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1947.10.30 – 1951.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Bucureşti (Romania) (1948 – 1949)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Marcu Glaser
(Apostolic Administrator 1944.10.18 – 1947.10.30)

Bishop Mihai Robu
(1925.05.07 – 1944.09.27)

Born:	1884.04.09 (Săbăoani, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1907.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.09.20
Died:	1944.09.27 (Beiuș, Romania † 60)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1925.05.07 – 1944.09.27)

Archbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar
(Apostolic Administrator 1924.12.12 – 1925.05.07)

Bishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar (later Archbishop)
(1920.04.22 – 1924.12.12)

Born:	1880.10.21 (București, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.08.15
Died:	1954.01.07 (București, Romania † 73)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1920.04.22 – 1924.12.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Iaşi (Romania) (1924.12.12 – 1925.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) (1924.12.12 – 1954.01.07)

Archbishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv.
(1904.08.30 – 1915.12.30)

Born:	1840.04.23 (Monterubbiano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1863.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.12.04
Died:	1915.12.30 (Iași, Romania † 75)

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1881.09.16 – 1884.06.27)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1884.06.27 – 1894.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Gadaræ (1896.02.25 – 1901.03.27)

Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (1901.03.27 – 1904.08.30)

Archbishop-Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1904.08.30 – 1915.12.30)

Archbishop Dominique Jacquet, O.F.M. Conv.
(1895.01.08 – 1904.02.25)

Born:	1843.10.13 (Grolley, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.03.10
Died:	1931.02.03 († 87)

Archbishop of Bucureşti (Romania) (1895 – 1895)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1895.01.08 – 1904.02.25)

Titular Archbishop of Salamis (1904.02.25 – 1931.02.03)

Bishop Nicolae Iosif Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. (later Archbishop)
(1884.06.27 – 1894.05.06)

Born:	1840.04.23 (Monterubbiano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1863.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.12.04
Died:	1915.12.30 (Iași, Romania † 75)

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1881.09.16 – 1884.06.27)

Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1884.06.27 – 1894.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Gadaræ (1896.02.25 – 1901.03.27)

Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (1901.03.27 – 1904.08.30)

Archbishop-Bishop of Iaşi (Romania) (1904.08.30 – 1915.12.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Moldavia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fidelis Johann Georg Dehm, O.F.M. Conv.
(1877.12.31 – 1880)

Born:	1825.05.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1848.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.03.17
Died:	1883.05.17 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1877.12.31 – 1880)

Titular Bishop of Colophonius (1878.01.15 – 1883.05.17)

Bishop Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv.
(1874.12.22 – 1877.09.21)

Born:	1820.07.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1843
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.01.10
Died:	1908.11.21 († 88)

Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) (1864 – 1872)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1874.12.22 – 1877.09.21)

Titular Bishop of Gortyna (1874.12.31 – 1877.09.21)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1877.09.21 – 1908.11.21)

Bishop Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. (later Archbishop)
(1874.04.14 – 1874.12.22)

Born:	1827.01.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1849.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.05.17
Died:	1919.02.01 († 92)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1874.04.14 – 1874.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1874.04.14 – 1875.01.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinopole (Turkiye) (1874.12.22 – 1880.01.23)

Titular Archbishop of Colossæ (1875.01.08 – 1899.06.19)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1911)

Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1899.06.19 – 1913.12.30)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tuscania (Italy) (1911 – 1913.12.30)

Titular Archbishop of Larissa (1913.12.30 – 1919.02.01)

Bishop Giuseppe Salandri, O.F.M. Conv.
(1864.04.22 – 1873.12.29)

Born:	1822.04.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1846.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.07.24
Died:	1873.12.29 († 51)

Titular Bishop of Marcopolis (1864.04.22 – 1873.12.29)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1864.04.22 – 1873.12.29)

Bishop Antonio de Stefano, O.F.M. Conv.
(1849.08.28 – 1859.11.27)

Born:	1808.12.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.11.30
Died:	1893.11.01 († 84)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1849.08.28 – 1859.11.27)

Titular Bishop of Benda (1849.08.28 – 1893.11.01)

Bishop Paolo Sardi, O.F.M. Conv.
(1843.04.07 – 1848.11.09)

Born:	(Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.04.30
Died:	1848.11.09

Titular Bishop of Vera (1843.04.07 – 1848.11.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1843.04.07 – 1848.11.09)

Fr. Jose Carlos Magni, O.F.M. Conv.
(Apostolic Administrator 1832 – 1838)

Fr. Aloisio Landi, O.F.M. Conv.
(Apostolic Administrator ? – 1829.01.22)

Bishop Bonaventura Zabberoni, O.F.M. Conv.
(1825.07.19 – 1826.07.30)

Consecrated Bishop:	1825.09.04
Died:	1826.07.30

Titular Bishop of Helenopolis (1825.07.19 – 1826.07.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1825.07.19 – 1826.07.30)

Bishop Giovanni Philip Paroni, O.F.M. Conv.
(1818.06.26 – 1825)

Consecrated Bishop:	1818.07.05
Died:	1842.03.29

Vicar Apostolic of Moldavia (Romania) (1818.06.26 – 1825)

Titular Bishop of Tlous (1818.06.26 – 1842.03.29)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Aurel Percă (73) (later Archbishop) (1999.09.29 – 2019.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marcu Glaser (1947.10.30 – 1950.05.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pietro-Raffaele Arduino, O.F.M. Conv. (1838.09.25 – 1842.09.27)