Diocese of

Timişoara

Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Timişoara (română) / Temesvár (Magyar) / Timisoaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bucureşti

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1923.02.17: Established as Apostolic Administration of Timişoara (română) / Temesvár (Magyar) / Timisoaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Csanád)
1930.06.05: Promoted as Diocese of Timişoara (română) / Temesvár (Magyar) / Timisoaren(sis) (Latin)
1930.06.06: Became suffragan of Bucureşti

Contact Info

Address: str. Augustin Pacha, nr. 4, 300055, Timişoara, TM, Romania

Phone: 0256-490081

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.05.16 – ...):

Bishop József-Csaba Pál (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Timişoara (Roman Rite)

Bishop József-Csaba Pál (69)
(2018.05.16 – ...)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania)

Born:	1955.12.05 (Frumoasa, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.08.06

Priest of Timişoara (Romania) (1981.06.21 – 2018.05.16)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania) (2018.05.16 – ...)

Bishop Martin Roos (82)
(1999.06.24 – 2018.05.16)

Bishop emeritus of Timişoara (Romania)

Pošalji Duha svojega

Born:	1942.10.17 (Satchinez, Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.08.28

Priest of Rottenburg–Stuttgart (Germany) (1971.07.03 – 1999.06.24)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania) (1999.06.24 – 2018.05.16)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Zrenjanin (Serbia) (2020.03.06 – 2020.08.25)

Bishop Sebastian Kräuter
(1990.03.14 – 1999.06.24)

Born:	1922.12.22 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.28
Died:	2008.01.29 († 85)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1999.06.24)

Bishop Augustin Pacha
(1930.06.05 – 1954.11.04)

Born:	1870.11.26 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:	1893.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.05.15
Died:	1954.11.04 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1927.04.03 – 1930.06.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Timişoara (Romania) (1927.04.03 – 1930.06.05)

Bishop of Timişoara (Romania) (1930.06.05 – 1954.11.04)

Apostolic Administrators of Timişoara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Augustin Pacha
(1927.04.03 – 1930.06.05)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedrala romano-catolică Sfântul Gheorghe, Timişoara, Timiş
Minor Basilica: Bazilica Maria Radna, Radna, Arad

Churches by City (76)

Beograd (↙), Zrenjanin (←), Szeged–Csanád (↖), Oradea Mare (↑), Alba Iulia (↗), Bucureşti (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,755 km²

Population: 87,415 Catholics (6.6% of 1,333,893 total)

Pastoral Centres: 73 parishes

Personnel: 95 priests (91 diocesan, 4 religious), 40 religious (8 brothers, 32 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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