Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
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"Archdiocese of Alba Iulia" redirects here. For the Orthodox dioceses, see Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (Latin: Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis); Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári Római Katolikus Érsekség) is a Latin Church archdiocese in Transylvania, Romania.
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Archdiocese of Alba Iulia Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis Arhiepiscopia de Alba Iulia | |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Metropolitan | Immediately Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 58,254 km2 (22,492 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 4,017,256 397,778 (9.9%) |
Parishes | 253 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1009 (As Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen) 22 March 1932 (As Diocese of Alba Iulia) 5 August 1991 (Archdiocese of Alba Iulia) |
Cathedral | St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gergely Kovács |
Auxiliary Bishops | László Kerekes (elect) |
Bishops emeritus | György Jakubinyi József Tamás |
Map | |
Administrative map of Roman-Catholic Church |
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