Diocese of Iaşi
Iassien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Iaşi, Romania
Latin-rite diocese covering Moldavia in eastern Romania, promoted from an apostolic vicariate by Pope Leo XIII on 27 June 1884. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, with its seat at Our Lady Queen of Iasi Cathedral and a co-cathedral, the Assumption of Mary Church, also in Iasi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 June 1884
- Latin
- Iassien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001635
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 234,211
- Population
- 4,272,000
- Catholic share
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 447
- Catholics per priest
- 524
- Extent
- 46,378 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.1
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- Iosif Paulet
- Born
- 17 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Tămăşeni
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
Our Lady Queen of Iasi Cathedral stands in Iaşi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Assumption of Mary Church, Iasi.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bucharest
A suffragan of Bucharest.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bucureşti, BucarestBucureşti, Bucarest
- Diocese of Oradea MareOradea Mare
- Diocese of Oradea Mare, Gran Varadino, NagyváradOradea Mare
- Diocese of Satu Mare, SzatmárSatu Mare, Szatmár
- Diocese of TimişoaraTimişoara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Romanian Western Moldavia is the territory of the Diocese of Iași (Latin: Dioecesis Iassiensis; Romanian: Episcopia Romano-Catolică de Iași; Hungarian: Jászvásári Egyházmegye; Polish: Diecezja Jassy), a Latin Church diocese whose episcopal see is the city of Iași. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bucharest. Iosif Păuleț has led the diocese since 2019, succeeding Petru Gherghel, who was bishop from 1990 to 2019 and Apostolic Administrator before that from 1978. Aurel Percă, Titular Bishop of Mauriana and auxiliary bishop since 1999, was named Archbishop of Bucharest in 2019.
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].