Diocese of Satu Mare, Szatmár
Satmarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Satu Mare, Szatmár, Romania
Latin-rite diocese in northwestern Romania, established on 23 March 1804 under Emperor Francis I and constituted in its present form in 1982; it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucharest since 1930. Its seat is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Satu Mare and it serves a largely Hungarian-speaking faithful.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 August 1804
- Latin
- Satmarien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003013
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 64,137
- Population
- 875,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.3%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 903
- Extent
- 10,725 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.0
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
- Jeno Schonberger
- Born
- 18 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Turulung
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
Satu Mare Roman Catholic Cathedral stands in Satu Mare, Szatmár, 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.
The province of Bucharest
A suffragan of Bucharest.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bucureşti, BucarestBucureşti, Bucarest
- Diocese of IaşiIaşi
- Diocese of Oradea MareOradea Mare
- Diocese of Oradea Mare, Gran Varadino, NagyváradOradea Mare
- Diocese of TimişoaraTimişoara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Latin diocese of Satu Mare (Latin: Dioecesis Satmariensis; Hungarian: Szatmári Római Katolikus Püspökség) in Romania traces its establishment to 23 March 1804, when Francis I, King of Hungary, erected it, an act Pope Pius VII recognised that 9 August. The diocese then lay within the Kingdom of Hungary and embraced a larger territory that included land in present-day Hungary and Slovakia as well as Romania. Until 1930 it was a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Eger.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.