Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Romania
Romaniae
Eastern ordinariate immediately subject to the Holy See · Armenian Catholic Church · Romania
Armenian Catholic ordinariate for Armenian-rite faithful in Romania, formally erected on 5 June 1930 under the 1927 Concordat, with its principal church the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Gherla. The see is vacant and has long been entrusted to the Latin Archbishop of Alba Iulia as apostolic administrator, currently Gergely Kovacs. Its community numbered only several hundred faithful as of 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern ordinariate immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 5 June 1930
- Latin
- Romaniae
- Annuario code
- 001000330
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 666
- Priests
- 5
- Catholics per priest
- 133
- Extent
- 238,391 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Gergely Kovács
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gherla stands in Romania, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Based in Gherla, the Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania (Romanian: Ordinariatul Armeano-Catolic) is an ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful belonging to the Armenian Catholic Church, which itself stands under the authority of the Pope. Its care extends to Catholic members of Romania's Armenian community living in Transylvania.
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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.