Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest

Archdiocese of Bucharest

Archidioecesis Bucarestiensis

Arhidieceza de București
Catholic
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical provinceBucharest
Deaneries6
Statistics
Area91,120 km2 (35,180 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
Decrease8,740,000
Decrease61,050 (Decrease0.7%)
Parishes68
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established27 April 1883
CathedralSaint Joseph Cathedral, Bucharest
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopAurel Percă
SuffragansDiocese of Iași, Diocese of Oradea Mare, Diocese of Satu Mare, Diocese of Timişoara
Auxiliary BishopsCornel Damian
Vicar GeneralCornel Damian
Episcopal VicarsMartin Cabalaș, Ieronim Iacob, Francisc Ungureanu
Map
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania
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. .