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.
On the map
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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.
- BRAŞOV II – „Buna-Vestire”Braşov IIView parish
- BREAZA – „Nașterea Maicii Domnului”BreazaView parish
- BUCERDEA GRÂNOASĂ – „Sfântul Dumitru”Bucerdea GrânoasăView parish
- BUCIUM – ”Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul”BuciumView parish
- BUDEŞTI – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”BudeştiView parish
- BĂGĂU – „Nașterea Maicii Domnului”BăgăuView parish
- BĂIŢA – „Buna-Vestire”BăiţaView parish
- BĂLCACIU – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”BălcaciuView parish
- BĂLĂUȘERI – „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril”BălăușeriView parish
- BĂRĂBANŢ – „Schimbarea la Faţă”BărăbanţView parish
- CAŞVA – „Sfânta Treime”CaşvaView parish
- CEANU MARE – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”Ceanu MareView parish
- CENADE – „Sfânta Treime”CenadeView parish
- CETATEA DE BALTĂ – „Sfânta Treime”Cetatea De BaltăView parish
- CETEA – „Nașterea Maicii Domnului”CeteaView parish
- CEUAŞU DE CÂMPIE – „Sfinţii Apostoli Petru și Pavel”Ceuaşu De CâmpieView parish
- CHESLER – „Sfântul Gheorghe”CheslerView parish
- CHEŢANI – ”Sfânta Treime”CheţaniView parish
- CHIHERU DE JOS – „Intrarea Maicii Domnului în Biserică”Chiheru De JosView parish
- CIPĂIENI – ”Sfântul Anton de Padova”CipăieniView parish
- CISNĂDIE – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”CisnădieView parish
- CISTEI – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”CisteiView parish
- COMĂNA DE JOS – ”Cuvioasa Paraschiva”Comăna De JosView parish
- COPĂCEL – „Buna-Vestire”CopăcelView parish
- COROI – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”CoroiView parish
- COZMA – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”CozmaView parish
- CRĂCIUNELU DE JOS – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihai şi Gavril”Crăciunelu De JosView parish
- CRĂIEŞTI – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”CrăieştiView parish
- CUCERDEA – „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril”CucerdeaView parish
- CÂMPIA TURZII – „Buna-Vestire”Câmpia TurziiView 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.