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.
- CĂPÂLNA DE JOS – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”Căpâlna De JosView parish
- CĂTINA – „Schimbarea la Față”CătinaView parish
- DAIA ROMÂNĂ – „Sfânta Treime”Daia RomânăView parish
- DAIA – ”Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril”DaiaView parish
- DECEA – „Sfântul Gheorghe”DeceaView parish
- DELURENI – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”DelureniView parish
- DRĂGUŞ – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”DrăguşView parish
- DUMBRĂVENI – „Sfântul Nicolae”DumbrăveniView parish
- DUMITRA – „Cuvioasa Paraschiva”DumitraView parish
- DÂRLOS – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”DârlosView parish
- DĂMUC – „Nașterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul”DămucView parish
- FEISA – „Naşterea Maicii DomnuluiFeisaView parish
- FRATA – „Coborârea Sfântului Spirit”FrataView parish
- FRUNZENI – „Sfinţii Apostoli Petru și Pavel”FrunzeniView parish
- FĂGĂRAŞ – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”FăgăraşView parish
- FĂRĂU – „Sfântul Nicolae”FărăuView parish
- GALTIU – „Sfântul Nicolae”GaltiuView parish
- GHIRIŞU ROMÂN – „Schimbarea la Față”Ghirişu RomânView parish
- GRID – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”GridView parish
- GRINDENI – „Sfântul Vasile cel Mare”GrindeniView parish
- GURGHIU – „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril”GurghiuView parish
- GÂRBOVA DE JOS – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”Gârbova De JosView parish
- GÂRBOVIŢA – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”GârboviţaView parish
- HABIC – „Sfântul Nicolae”HabicView parish
- HAMBA – „Sfântul Nicolae”HambaView parish
- HODAC – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”HodacView parish
- IAȘI – ”Sfântul Francisc Xaveriu”IașiView parish
- IBĂNEŞTI – „Sfântul Nicolae”IbăneştiView parish
- IERNUT – „Buna-Vestire”IernutView parish
- IERNUŢENI – „Întâmpinarea Domnului” și ”Fericitul Episcop Martir Tit-Liviu Chinezu”IernuţeniView 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.