Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla

The Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla is an eparchy of the Byzantine Rite of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.[1]

Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla Eparchia Claudiopolitano-Armenopolitana; Szamo-Uiavariensis Romenorum Eparhia de Cluj-Gherla
Location
Country	Romania
Metropolitan	Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Population - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2013) 49,500
Information
Denomination	Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	19 December 1853 (As Diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár ) 5 June 1930 (As Diocese of Cluj-Gherla)
Cathedral	Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Lucian Mureșan
Bishop	Vacant
Map
Church administrative divisions

Eparchs

• Ioan Alexi (16 Nov 1854 Confirmed – 29 Jun 1863 Died)
• Ioan Vancea (25 Sep 1865 Appointed – 21 Dec 1868 Appointed, Archbishop of Fagaras e Alba Iulia (Romanian))
• Mihail Pavel (23 Dec 1872 Appointed – 15 May 1879 Appointed, Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
• Ioan Sabo (15 May 1879 Appointed – May 1911 Died)
• Vasile Hossu (16 Dec 1911 Appointed – 13 Jan 1916 Died)
• Iuliu Hossu (21 Apr 1917 Appointed – 28 May 1970 Died) (Cardinal in pectore, 1969)
• George Guțiu (14 Mar 1990 Appointed – 18 Jul 2002 Retired)
• Florentin Crihălmeanu (18 Jul 2002 Succeeded – 12 Jan 2021 Died)

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy page

External links

• Official website (in Romanian)