Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

The Diocese of Timișoara (Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary. It is based in Timișoara.

Diocese of Timișoara Dioecesis Timisoarensis Dieceza de Timișoara
The Cathedral of St George in Timișoara
Location
Country	Romania
Ecclesiastical province	Bucharest
Metropolitan	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest
Statistics
Area	24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,345,576 108,379 (8.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5 June 1930
Cathedral	St. George's Cathedral, Timișoara
Patron saint	Saint George
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	József-Csaba Pál
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ioan Robu
Bishops emeritus	Martin Roos
Map
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania

The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reșița and Sânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents are Hungarian, followed by Banat Swabians, Romanians, Banat Bulgarians, Croats, Slovaks and Czechs. It is subordinate to the Bucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop is József-Csaba Pál.

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin, in Serbian Banat

External links

• (in Romanian) Description from the State Secretariat for Religious Affairs
• https://gerhardus.ro/ Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Timișoara

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