Catholic IntelligenceA work of service to the Church

Diocese of Iaşi

Iassien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iaşi, Romania

Latin-rite diocese covering Moldavia in eastern Romania, promoted from an apostolic vicariate by Pope Leo XIII on 27 June 1884. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, with its seat at Our Lady Queen of Iasi Cathedral and a co-cathedral, the Assumption of Mary Church, also in Iasi.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
27 June 1884
Latin
Iassien(sis)
Annuario code
001001635

The see in figures

Catholics
234,211
Population
4,272,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
5.5%
Priests
447
Catholics per priest
524
Extent
46,378 km²
Catholics per km²
5.1

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Iosif Paulet
Born
17 October 1954
Birthplace
Tămăşeni

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Our Lady Queen of Iasi Cathedral stands in Iaşi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Assumption of Mary Church, Iasi.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Bucharest

A suffragan of Bucharest.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Romanian Western Moldavia is the territory of the Diocese of Iași (Latin: Dioecesis Iassiensis; Romanian: Episcopia Romano-Catolică de Iași; Hungarian: Jászvásári Egyházmegye; Polish: Diecezja Jassy), a Latin Church diocese whose episcopal see is the city of Iași. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucharest. Iosif Păuleț has led the diocese since 2019, succeeding Petru Gherghel, who was bishop from 1990 to 2019 and Apostolic Administrator before that from 1978. Aurel Percă, Titular Bishop of Mauriana and auxiliary bishop since 1999, was named Archbishop of Bucharest in 2019.

Catholic Intelligence

Get early access

We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].

One email at launch. Nothing else.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.