Diocese of Oradea Mare Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Oradea Mare | |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Ecclesiastical province | Bucharest |
Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,152 km2 (4,692 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 1,011,330 106,020 (10.5%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1077 (As Diocese of Oradea Mare) 5 June 1930 (Diocese of Oradea Mare and Satu Mare) 28 June 1941 (Diocese of Oradea Mare) 9 April 1948 (Diocese of Oradea Mare and Satu Mare) 18 October 1982 (Diocese of Oradea Mare) |
Cathedral | The Cathedral Basilica of Oradea |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | László Böcskei |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ioan Robu |
Map | |
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Oradea (Latin: Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum, Hungarian: Nagyváradi Római Katolikus Egyházmegye, Romanian: Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Oradea Mare) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Romania, named after its episcopal see in the city of Oradea.[1]