Archdiocese of Bucharest Archidioecesis Bucarestiensis Arhidieceza de București | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Romania |
Ecclesiastical province | Bucharest |
Deaneries | 6 |
Statistics | |
Area | 91,120 km2 (35,180 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 8,740,000 61,050 (0.7%) |
Parishes | 68 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 27 April 1883 |
Cathedral | Saint Joseph Cathedral, Bucharest |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Aurel Percă |
Suffragans | Diocese of Iași, Diocese of Oradea Mare, Diocese of Satu Mare, Diocese of Timişoara |
Auxiliary Bishops | Cornel Damian |
Vicar General | Cornel Damian |
Episcopal Vicars | Martin Cabalaș, Ieronim Iacob, Francisc Ungureanu |
Map | |
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania | |
Website | |
arcb.ro |
The Archdiocese of Bucharest (Latin: Archidioecesis Bucarestiensis) is the Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Romania.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Bucharest. Ioan Robu was the archbishop from 1990 until his retirement on 21 November 2019. He previously Apostolic Administrator since 25 October 1984. He was succeeded by Aurel Percă. Prior to his appointment, he was served as auxiliary bishop of Iaşi. .