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.
- IVĂNEŞTI – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”IvăneştiView parish
- JIDVEI – „Sfânta Treime”JidveiView parish
- LECHINŢA – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”LechinţaView parish
- LUDUŞ – „Sfinții Apostoli Petru și Pavel”LuduşView parish
- LUDUȘ II – „Sfinții Apostoli Petru și Pavel”Luduș IIView parish
- LUNA – „Sfântul Gheorghe”LunaView parish
- LUNCA TÂRNAVEI – „Buna-Vestire”Lunca TârnaveiView parish
- LUNCA – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”LuncaView parish
- LĂSCUD – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”LăscudView parish
- MEDIAŞ III – „Adormirea Maicii Domnului”Mediaş IIIView parish
- MEDIAŞ IV – „Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel”Mediaş IVView parish
- MERIȘOR – „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril”MerișorView parish
- MICĂSASA – „Sfântul Gheorghe”MicăsasaView parish
- MIERCUREA SIBIULUI – „Buna-Vestire”Miercurea SibiuluiView parish
- MIHALŢ – „Schimbarea la Faţă”MihalţView parish
- MIHEŞU DE CÂMPIE – „Preasfânta Treime”Miheşu De CâmpieView parish
- MIHĂILENI – „Sfântul Ilie”MihăileniView parish
- MILAŞ – „Înălțarea Domnului” și ”Fericitul Episcop Martir Iuliu Hossu”MilaşView parish
- MOCIU – „Înălțarea Domnului”MociuView parish
- MOIŞA – „Neprihănita Zămislire”MoişaView parish
- MOLDOVENEŞTI – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”MoldoveneştiView parish
- MĂGINA – „Preasfânta Treime”MăginaView parish
- MĂHĂCENI – „Buna-Vestire”MăhăceniView parish
- MĂNĂRADE – „”Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel”MănăradeView parish
- NIMA RÂCIULUI – „Înălţarea Domnului”Nima RâciuluiView parish
- OCNA MUREŞ – „Sfântul Nicolae”Ocna MureşView parish
- OCNA SIBIULUI – „Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril” și „Fericitul Episcop Martir Ioan Suciu”Ocna SibiuluiView parish
- ORLAT – „Sfânta Fecioară Maria”OrlatView parish
- PELIŞOR – „Coborârea Sfântului Spirit”PelişorView parish
- PETEA – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”PeteaView 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
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.