Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj

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Eparchy of Lugoj

Dioecesis Lugosiensis

Eparhia de Lugoj
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical province Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Metropolitan Major Archeparchy of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Statistics
Area32,710 km2 (12,630 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
101,000
Information
Sui iuris church Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine
Established26 November 1853
Cathedral Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan
BishopVacant
Auxiliary Bishops Călin Ioan Bot
Map
Romanian Greek-Catholic (Uniate) Church map.svg
Church administrative divisions

The Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj is an eparchy (equivalent to a diocese in the Latin Church) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church [1] which is an Eastern Catholic particular church of the Catholic Church that is in full communion with the Holy See. Its uses the Byzantine Rite in the Romanian language in its liturgical serrvices. It was founded in 1853. It is a suffragan diocese of the Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia. [2] The eparchy's cathedral church is the Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit which is situated in the city of Lugoj, Romania. The incumbent eparch is Călin Ioan Bot.

List of Eparchs [3]

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Bishop Călin Ioan Bot is a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Archiepiscopal Administrator of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj since 16 March 2023. In the same time he is the Titular Bishop of Abrittum and an Auxiliary Bishop of Eparchy of Lugoj since 22 January 2020.

References

  1. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lugos"  . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. Catholic Hierarchy page
  3. Catholic Hierarchy page

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