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Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

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Diocese of Timișoara
Dioecesis Timisoarensis
Dieceza de Timișoara
The Cathedral of St George in Timișoara
The Cathedral of St George in Timișoara
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical province Bucharest
Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest
Statistics
Area 24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,345,576
108,379 (8.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5 June 1930
Cathedral St. George's Cathedral, Timișoara
Patron saint Saint George
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop József-Csaba Pál
Metropolitan Archbishop Aurel Perca
Bishops emeritus Martin Roos
Map
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania

Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara — The Diocese of Timișoara (Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.

The Diocese of Cenad (Csanád), corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary but it was divided in 1930, the hungarian part (now Diocese of Szeged-Csanád) retained the old name even if Cenad is part of the Diocese of Timișoara. It is based in Timișoara (the city was, since 1730, the see of the Bishop of Csanád).

The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reșița and Sânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents are Hungarian, followed by Banat Swabians, Romanians, Banat Bulgarians, Croats, Slovaks and Czechs. It is subordinate to the Bucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop is József-Csaba Pál.

List of bishops

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Timişoara is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation He was apostolic administrator of the part of the Diocese of Csanád in Romania since 1923.
  2. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Timişoara, official website

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