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Eparchy of Lugoj
Dioecesis Lugosiensis
Eparhia de Lugoj
Location
CountryRomania
Ecclesiastical provinceFăgăraş and Alba Iulia
MetropolitanMajor Archeparchy of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Statistics
Area32,710 km (12,630 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
101,000
Information
Sui iuris churchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine
Established26 November 1853
CathedralCathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopLucian Mureșan
BishopCălin Ioan Bot
Map
Church administrative divisions
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 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 services. It was founded in 1853. It is a suffragan diocese of the Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia. 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

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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See also


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