Diocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia
Fagarasien(sis) et Albae Iulien(sis) Romenorum
Major archiepiscopal Church · Romanian · Blaj, Romania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Major archiepiscopal Church
- Tradition
- Romanian
- Erected
- 16 December 2005
- Latin
- Fagarasien(sis) et Albae Iulien(sis) Romenorum
- Annuario code
- 001000570
The see in figures
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 213
- Extent
- 71 km²
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
- Major Archbishop
- His Beatitude Claudiu-Lucian Pop
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
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.
The province of Fagaras and Alba Iulia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Claudiopoli-ArmenopoliCluj
- 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
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.
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].