Unitarian Church in Transylvania

Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Logo of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Classification	Nontrinitarian, Protestant
Orientation	Unitarianism
Theology	Summa Universae Theologiae Christianae secundum Unitarios
Polity	quasi-episcopal
Bishop	Rev. Ferenc Bálint Benczédi
Associations	International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, European Liberal Protestant Network
Region	Transylvania
Origin	1568
Secondary schools	2
Official website	www.unitarius.org

The Unitarian Church of Transylvania (Hungarian: Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház; Romanian: Biserica Unitariană din Transilvania) is a church of the Unitarian denomination, based in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. Founded in 1568 in the Principality of Transylvania, it has a majority-Hungarian following, and is one of the 18 religious confessions given official recognition by the Romanian state.

The Transylvanian and Hungarian Unitarians represent the only branch of Unitarianism not to have adopted a congregationalist polity, and remains quasi-episcopal; the Irish Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church, a distinct body closely related to Unitarianism, has a presbyterian structure. The Unitarian Church of Transylvania is administrated by a Bishop and two Curators-General, being divided into five Archpriestships. Since March 2009, its Bishop is Rev. Ferenc Bálint Benczédi. The Church, which uses Hungarian as the liturgical language, also endorses and teaches a catechism.

Together with the Calvinist Reformed Church and the two Lutheran churches of Romania (the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession), the Unitarian community runs the Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj, wherein Unitarianism is represented by a distinct section. In addition, it has two high school-level theological educational institutions.