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 | |
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| 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
edit- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin, in Serbian Banat
External links
edit- (in Romanian) Description from the State Secretariat for Religious Affairs
- https://gerhardus.ro/ Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Timișoara