Unlike most European countries, the Catholic Church in Romania comprises in a single national episcopal conference both Latin and two Eastern Catholic churches (one of which being nation-specific):

• A Latin hierarchy
  • one ecclesiastical province with four suffragan sees
  • an exempt non-metropolitan archdiocese
• Two Eastern Catholic rite-specific particular churches sui iuris:
  • The Romanian Greek Catholic Church ( Byzantine Rite (Greek Catholic) in Rumanian language, comprising the Ecclesiastical province of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia, whose Metropolitan Archbishop is the Major Archbishop (almost Patriarch) of the whole rite-specific particular church sui iuris, and all its four Romanian Suffragan Eparchies (dioceses).
  • An Armenian Catholic Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful.

There is also an Apostolic nunciature as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Bucharest, into which is also vested the Apostolic nunciature to neighbouring Moldova (Ex-Soviet, ethnic Romanians).

Current Dioceses

Latin Hierarchy

Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucharest
  • Diocese of Iași
  • Diocese of Oradea Mare
  • Diocese of Satu Mare
  • Diocese of Timișoara

Exempt

• Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (sui iuris, not Metropolitan)

Eastern Catholic

Armenian Catholic Church

( Armenian Rite in Armenian language)

• Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Romania, with seat at Gherla

Romanian (Greek) Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia

( Romanian Greek Catholic Church, Romanian language Byzantine (Greek) Rite)

• (Metropolitan) Major Archdiocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia
  • Eparchy of Bucharest
  • Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla
  • Eparchy of Lugoj
  • Eparchy of Maramureș
  • Eparchy of Oradea Mare

Defunct jurisdictions

Titular see

Only the Latin Titular archbishopric (non-Metropolitan) Constantia in Scythia

Other defunct Latin jurisdictions

(Excluding merely renamed/promoted predecessors of current jurisdictions)

• Latin Diocese of Argeș
• Diocese of Bacău
• Diocese of Milcovia
• Diocese of Moldovița

Eastern Catholic defunct jurisdictions

• Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Targul-Siret ( Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, Byzantine Rite)

See also

• Catholic Church in Romania
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• the Diocese of Chișinău

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org.
• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.