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Archdiocese of Alba Iulia

Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Gergely Kovács, Archbishop
  • László Kerekes, Auxiliary Bishop
  • György-Miklós Jakubínyi, Archbishop Emeritus
  • József Tamás, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 5 August 1991
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Romania
  • Square Kilometers: 58,254 (22,500 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.romkat.ro/
  • Mailing Address: Arhiepiscopia Romano-Catolica, Str. Episcop Marton Aron 2, RO-510010 Alba Iulia, Romania
  • Telephone: (0258) 811.689
  • Fax: 811.454

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen
1009ErectedDiocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen (erected)
5 June 1930Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen (from Kalocsa)
Diocese of Alba Iulia
22 March 1932Name ChangedDiocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen Diocese of Alba Iulia
Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
5 August 1991ElevatedDiocese of Alba Iulia Archdiocese of Alba Iulia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Alba Iulia
1949392,0003,200,00012.3%32087407963142456266ap1951
1969298,0002,800,00010.6%3203635683760225ap1971
1970455,0003,803,61612.0%260583181,4307619253ap1981
1990542,1643,934,27813.8%341233641,48934106289ap1991
Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
2000491,7634,307,39511.4%280333131,5714298257ap2001
2001491,7634,307,39511.4%286333191,54146106208ap2002
2002491,7634,307,39511.4%282283101,58642111257ap2003
2003441,4494,024,45411.0%284303141,40543103257ap2004
2004441,4494,024,45411.0%296293251,35842106277ap2005
2006441,4494,024,45411.0%302303321,3294799277ap2007
2012440,7004,017,60011.0%307373441,2816584256ap2013
2015397,7784,017,2569.9%303383411,1665970253ap2016
2018355,5003,590,5009.9%299333321,0705181253ap2019
2020352,1603,556,7909.9%300303301,0674465254ap2021
2022347,9863,514,4259.9%297323291,0574461255ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 492, and Page 493
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 254
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 100, and Page 101
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 341
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 385, and Page 386
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 412, and Page 413
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 274
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 176
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 381, to Page 382
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 381, to Page 386
  • Diocese of Alba Iulia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 24, Page 146
  • Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 83, Page 917, and Page 918

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