Diocese of Cluj-Gherla Dioecesis Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Metropolitan | Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
Population - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 49,500 |
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Denomination | Romanian Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 19 December 1853 (As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár ) 5 June 1930 (As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla) |
Cathedral | Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Lucian Mureșan |
Bishop | Florentin Crihălmeanu |
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The Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla is a diocese of the Byzantine Rite of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia.
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