Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Claudiopoli-Armenopoli
Claudiopolitan(us)-Armenopolitan(us)
Suffragan eparchy · Romanian Greek Catholic Church · Cluj, Romania
Romanian Greek Catholic (Byzantine-rite) eparchy erected 19 December 1853 as the Diocese of Gherla and reorganized in 1930 as Cluj-Gherla, suffragan of the Major Archeparchy of Fagaras and Alba Iulia. Its cathedral is the Transfiguration Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca. The see is vacant: Eparch Claudiu-Lucian Pop was elected Major Archbishop on 5 November 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Romanian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1853
- Latin
- Claudiopolitan(us)-Armenopolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001182
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 49,500
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 177
- Catholics per priest
- 280
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
- Bishop
- Claudiu-Lucian Pop
- Born
- 22 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Piscolt
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
Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca stands in Cluj, 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.
The province of Fagaras and Alba Iulia
A suffragan of Fagaras and Alba Iulia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Făgăraș și Alba IuliaBlaj
- Eparchy of LugojLugoj
- Eparchy of MaramureşMaramureş
- Eparchy of San Basilio Magno di BucarestBucharest
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1930, the Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla belongs to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Holy See; an eparchy is the equivalent of a diocese in the Latin Church. Its liturgies follow the Byzantine Rite in the Romanian language. The eparchy is a suffragan of the Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.
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].