Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare

Diocese of Oradea Mare (Gran Varadino)
Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Romenorum
Episcopia de Oradea Mare

The Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Oradea
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical province Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Metropolitan Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
87,000
Information
Denomination Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established 23 June 1777
Cathedral Cathedral of St Nicholas, Oradea
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan
Bishop Virgil Bercea
Map

Church administrative divisions
Website
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The Greek Catholic diocese of Oradea Mare is the Eparchy of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church for the area of Oradea.

It was founded in 1777, followers of the Greek Rite having been up to that time under the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop. Originally the see was a suffragan of Esztergom (Gran); when, however, in 1853 the Greek Catholic Diocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia became the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, the diocese of Oradea Mare was transferred to its jurisdiction.[1] The see is divided into six archidiaconates and 19 vice-archidiaconates.

Bishops

The list of the eparch (bishops) of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare is:[1]

Famous priests

References

  1. 1 2 "Istoric". Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea. Retrieved 7 April 2011.

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