Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
Albae Iulien(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Alba Iulia, Romania
Latin-rite archdiocese in Transylvania, Romania, founded as a diocese in 1009 and elevated to archdiocese on 5 August 1991. It is exempt, directly subject to the Holy See rather than part of a metropolitan province, with its seat at St. Michael's Cathedral in Alba Iulia and a largely Hungarian-speaking faithful.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1009
- Latin
- Albae Iulien(sis)
- Patron
- Ladislaus I of Hungary
- Annuario code
- 001000629
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 397,778
- Population
- 4,017,256
- Catholic share
- 9.9%
- Extent
- 58,254 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.8
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Archbishop
- Gergely Kovacs
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
St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia stands in Alba Iulia, 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.
History
Transylvania, in Romania, is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia (Latin: Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis; Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári Római Katolikus Érsekség), a Latin Church archdiocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].