Major archiepiscopal Church Blaj, Romania
Diocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia
Fagarasien(sis) et Albae Iulien(sis) Romenorum
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
This entry corresponds to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church as a Major Archiepiscopal Church, elevated to that rank in 2005 with its see at Fagaras and Alba Iulia in Blaj. Its head, the Major Archbishop, is Primate of the Romanian Church United with Rome; the cathedral is the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Blaj. Claudiu-Lucian Pop was elected Major Archbishop on 5 November 2025, confirmed by Pope Leo XIV on 6 November 2025, succeeding the late Cardinal Lucian Muresan.
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- Established
- 2005
- Catholics
- 196,195
- Priests
- 213
- Territory
- 71 km²
Parishes and churches
195 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- ADĂMUŞ – „Sfântul Nicolae”AdămuşView parish
- AGÂRBICIU – „Sfântul Nicolae”AgârbiciuView parish
- AITON – „Sfântul Nicolae”AitonView parish
- AIUD I – „Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci”Aiud IView parish
- AIUD II – „Sfântul Nicolae”Aiud IIView parish
- ALBA – IULIA I – „Spiritul Sfânt”AlbaView parish
- ALBA – IULIA II – „Nașterea Maicii Domnului”AlbaView parish
- ALĂMOR – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”AlămorView parish
- APALINA – „Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel”ApalinaView parish
- ARMENI – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”ArmeniView parish
- AXENTE SEVER – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”Axente SeverView parish
- AŢINTIŞ – „Bunavestire”AţintişView parish
- BALDA – ”Nașterea Maicii Domnului”BaldaView parish
- BERIVOII MICI – „Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae”Berivoii MiciView parish
- BERNADEA – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”BernadeaView parish
- BICAZU ARDELEAN – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”Bicazu ArdeleanView parish
- BIERTAN – „Preasfânta Treime”BiertanView parish
- BISTRA – „Înălțarea Domnului”BistraView parish
- BLAJ BARBU LĂUTARU – „Sfântul Andrei” și ”Fericitul Episcop Martir Ioan Suciu”Blaj Barbu LăutaruView parish
- BLAJ CIUFUD – „Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci”Blaj CiufudView parish
- BLAJ I – „Sfânta Treime” (Catedrala Ahriepiscopală Majoră)Blaj IView parish
- BLAJ II – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”Blaj IIView parish
- BLAJ TIUR – „Buna-Vestire”Blaj TiurView parish
- BLAJ VEZA – „Sfânta Fecioară Regina Rozarului”Blaj VezaView parish
- BLAJ – SPITAL Capela ”Sfântul Evanghelist Luca”BlajView parish
- BLĂJEL – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”BlăjelView parish
- BOIAN – „Sfântul Ioan Evanghelistul”BoianView parish
- BRADU – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”BraduView parish
- BRATEIU – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”BrateiuView parish
- BRAŞOV I – „Sfântul Petru”Braşov IView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Major Archbishop
- His Beatitude Claudiu-Lucian Pop
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The cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj stands in Blaj, 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
Located in Romania, the Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (Latin: Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis et Albae Iuliensis Romenorum; Romanian: Arhieparhia de Făgăraș și Alba Iulia) is an ecclesiastical territory of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church. An archeparchy corresponds to an archdiocese in the Latin Church.