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.
- VINŢU DE JOS – „Sfântul Gheorghe”Vinţu De JosView parish
- VISUIA – „Naşterea Maicii Domnului”VisuiaView parish
- VĂLIŞOARA – „Înălţarea Domnului”VălişoaraView parish
- ZAU DE CÂMPIE – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihai şi Gavril”Zau De CâmpieView parish
- ŞEICA MARE – „Buna Vestire”Şeica MareView parish
- ŞEICA MICĂ – „Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Pavel”Şeica MicăView parish
- ŞERCAIA – „Sfântul Mucenic Gheorghe”ŞercaiaView parish
- ŞINCA VECHE – „Buna Vestire”Şinca VecheView parish
- ŞINCAI – „Sfântul Grigore Teologul”ŞincaiView parish
- ŞMIG – „Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul”ŞmigView parish
- ŞONA – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”ŞonaView parish
- ŞOPTERIU – „Buna Vestire”ŞopteriuView parish
- ŞĂULIA DE CÂMPIE – „Buna Vestire” și „Fericitul Episcop Martir Alexandru Rusu”Şăulia De CâmpieView parish
- ŢIGMANDRU – „Preacurata Fecioară Maria”ŢigmandruView parish
- ŢĂGŞORU – „Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril”ŢăgşoruView 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.