Diocese of Lugoj, Romania (Romanian Rite)

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Romanian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lugoj (română) / Lugos (Magyar) / Lugosien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1853.11.26: Established as Diocese of Lugoj (română) / Lugos (Magyar) / Lugosien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Făgăraş and Diocese of Oradea Mare and became suffragan of Făgăraş)

Contact Info

Address: str. Ep. Dr. Ioan Bălan, nr. 6, 305500 Lugoj, TM, Romania

Phone: 0259-236492

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lugoj (Romanian Rite)

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (54)
(2023.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania)

Sursum corda

Born:	1970.07.24 (Surduc, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1995.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.06.21

Priest of Cluj–Gherla of the Romanians (Romania) (1995.09.10 – 2020.01.22)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum (2020.01.22 – 2023.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (2020.01.22 – 2023.06.15)

Archiepiscopal Administrator of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (2023.03.16 – 2023.06.15)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (2023.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (54)
(Archiepiscopal Administrator 2023.03.16 – 2023.06.15)

Bishop Alexandru Mesian
(1995.11.20 – 2023.03.11)

Born:	1937.01.22 (Baia Mare, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1965.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.09.08
Died:	2023.03.11 (Lugoj, Romania † 86)

Priest of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1965.05.08 – 1994.07.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1994.07.20 – 1995.11.20)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1995.11.20 – 2023.03.11)

Bishop Ioan Ploscaru
(1990.03.14 – 1995.11.20)

Born:	1911.11.09 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1933.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.11.30
Died:	1998.07.31 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1948 – 1959)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1948.11.21 – 1990.03.14)

Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1959 – 1990.03.14)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1995.11.20)

Blessed Bishop Ioan Bălan
(1936.08.29 – 1959.08.04)

Born:	1880.02.11 (Teius, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1903.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.10.18
Died:	1959.08.04 🩸 (Bucharest, Romania † 79)
Beatified:	2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1936.08.29 – 1959.08.04)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Alexandru Nicolescu (later Archbishop)
(1922.02.25 – 1935.09.06)

Born:	1882.07.06 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1904
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.06.18
Died:	1941.06.05 († 58)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1922.02.25 – 1935.09.06)

Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1935.09.06 – 1941.06.05)

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu
(1912.12.14 – 1922.02.25)

Born:	1875.04.25 (Resita, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1898.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.01.14
Died:	1952.07.11 🩸 (Sighetu Marmației, Romania † 77)
Beatified:	2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1912.12.14 – 1922.02.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1922.02.25 – 1952.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1941 – 1947)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Vasile Hossu
(1903.06.25 – 1911.12.16)

Born:	1866.01.30 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1888.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.09.21
Died:	1916.01.13 († 49)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1911.12.16)

Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania) (1911.12.16 – 1916.01.13)

Bishop Demetriu Radu
(1896.12.03 – 1903.06.25)

Born:	1862.10.26 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1885.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.05.09
Died:	1920.12.08 († 58)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1896.12.03 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1920.12.08)

Bishop Victor Mihali (later Archbishop)
(1874.12.21 – 1895.03.18)

Born:	1841.05.19 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1863.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.02.14
Died:	1918.01.21 († 76)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1874.12.21 – 1895.03.18)

Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1895.03.18 – 1918.01.21)

Bishop Ioan Olteanu
(1870.10.15 – 1873.09.16)

Born:	1839.12.25 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1863.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.09.18
Died:	1877.11.29 († 37)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1870.10.15 – 1873.09.16)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1873.09.16 – 1877.11.29)

Bishop Alexandru Dobra
(1855.10.28 – 1870.04.13)

Born:	1794.02.15 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1818.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.10.28
Died:	1870.04.13 († 76)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) ([1854.11.17] 1855.10.28 – 1870.04.13)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alexandru Mesian (1994.07.20 – 1995.11.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (54) (2020.01.22 – 2023.06.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ioan Ploscaru (1948 – 1959)
Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator: Bishop Ioan Ploscaru (1959 – 1990.03.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedrala Greco-Catolică Coborârea Spiritului Sfânt, Lugoj, Timiş

Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (↙), Hajdúdorog (↖), Oradea Mare (↑), Cluj–Gherla (↗), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 94,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 279 parishes

Personnel: 119 priests (115 diocesan, 4 religious), 13 religious (7 brothers, 6 sisters), 4 seminarians

Romanian Diocese of

Lugoj