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(Redirected from Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia) Eastern Catholic archeparchy in Romania
Archeparchy of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia
Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis et Albae Iuliensis Romenorum
Arhieparhia de Făgăraș și Alba Iulia
Sfânta Treime Romanian Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country Romania
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
216,000
Information
Sui iuris churchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine
Established18 May 1721
(As Eparchy of Făgăraș)
16 November 1854
(As Archeparchy of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia)
CathedralHoly Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopCardinal Lucian Mureșan
SuffragansCluj-Gherla, Lugoj, Maramureș, Oradea Mare, Bucharest
Auxiliary BishopsCristian Dumitru Crișan
Map
Church administrative divisions
Church administrative divisions
Website
www.aegc.ro
The interior of the Sfânta Treime Romanian Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral

The Romanian Catholic Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (Latin: Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis et Albae Iuliensis Romenorum; in Romanian Arhieparhia de Făgăraș și Alba Iulia), is an ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy (equivalent to an archdiocese in the Latin Church) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Romania. The ordinary is the Archeparch of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia who is also the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia and the Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. The incumbent Archeparch is Lucian, Cardinal Mureșan. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity that is situated in the city of Blaj.

There are five suffragan dioceses of the archeparchy in Romania :

Additionally, in North America, the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St George is part of the Church but is exempt. The Eparchy of St. George takes part in the Church's synod.

On 18 May 1721 it was established as the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Făgăraș (Latin: Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis Romenorum). On 16 November 1854 it was renamed Metropolitan Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (Fagarasien(sis) et Albae Iulien(sis) Romenorum in Latin). On 16 December 2005 it was promoted to Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.

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