Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara
Diocese of Timișoara Dioecesis Timisoarensis Dieceza de Timișoara | |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Ecclesiastical province | Bucharest |
Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (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 | Francis |
Bishop | |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ioan Robu |
Bishops emeritus | Martin Roos |
Map | |
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara (Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a diocese in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary.
The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraş-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinţi, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reşiţa 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 .
See also[]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin, in Serbian Banat
External links[]
- (in Romanian) Description from the State Secretariat for Religious Affairs
- https://gerhardus.ro/ Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Timișoara
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Romania
- Timișoara