Romanian Diocese of

Maramureş

Romania Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Romanian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maramureş (română) / Máramaros (Magyar) / Maramuresen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Contact Info

Address: str. Vasile Lucaciu, nr. 50, 430341, Baia Mare, MM, Romania

Phone: 0262-215807

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.11 – ...):Bishop Vasile Bizău (56)Bishop Vasile Bizău (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maramureş (Romanian Rite)

Bishop Vasile Bizău (56)Bishop Vasile Bizău (56)
(2011.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania)

Born:1969.10.14 (Dragomiresti, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1997.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:2007.12.16

Priest of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1997.08.31 – 2007.10.27)

Titular Bishop of Appiaria (2007.10.27 – 2011.06.11)

Bishop of Curia of the Romanians (2007.10.27 – 2011.06.11)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (2011.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Ioan Şişeştean
(1994.07.20 – 2011.04.12)

Born:1936.06.11 (Şişeşti, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1972.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:1994.09.11
Died:2011.04.12 († 74)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1994.07.20 – 2011.04.12)

Bishop Lucian Mureşan (later Cardinal)
(1990.03.14 – 1994.07.04)

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)

Bishop Ioan Dragomir
(Apostolic Administrator 1964 – 1985.04.25)

Blessed Bishop Alexandru Rusu
(1930.10.17 – 1963.05.09)

Born:1884.11.22 (Șăulia, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1910.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:1931.01.30
Died:1963.05.09 🩸 (Gherla, Romania † 78)
Beatified:2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Maramureş of the Romanians (Romania) (1930.10.17 – 1963.05.09)

Bishop. Martyr.

Blessed Bishop Iuliu Hossu
(Apostolic Administrator 1930.07.19 – 1931.01.31)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Oradea Mare (↙), Nyíregyháza (←), Mukacheve (↖), Kolomyia (↗), Chernivtsi (↗), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (↘), Cluj–Gherla (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 47,583 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 164 parishes

Personnel: 143 priests (diocesan), 40 religious (1 brother, 39 sisters), 6 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Last updated on 2025.11.07

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