Suffragan diocese Iaşi, Romania
Diocese of Iaşi
Iassien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1884
- Catholics
- 234,211
- Priests
- 447
- Territory
- 46,378 km²
Parishes and churches
160 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Adjud "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"AdjudView parish
- Adjudeni "Coborârea Sfântului Duh"AdjudeniView parish
- Arini "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"AriniView parish
- Bacău "Fericitul Ieremia Valahul"BacăuView parish
- Bacău "Sfântul Nicolae"BacăuMass times recorded
- Bacău "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"BacăuView parish
- Bacău (Izvoare) "Sfântul Francisc din Assisi"Bacău (Izvoare)View parish
- Bacău (Măgura) "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"Bacău (Măgura)View parish
- Bacău (Şerbăneşti) "Inima Neprihănită a Mariei"Bacău (Şerbăneşti)View parish
- Bahna "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"BahnaView parish
- Baraţi "Coborârea Sfântului Duh"BaraţiView parish
- Barticeşti "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"BarticeştiView parish
- Belceşti "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"BelceştiView parish
- Berzunţi "Inima Neprihănită a Mariei"BerzunţiView parish
- Bijghir "Sfânta Fecioară Maria Îndurerată"BijghirView parish
- Bogata "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"BogataView parish
- Botoşani "Naşterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul"BotoşaniMass times recorded
- Brusturoasa "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"BrusturoasaView parish
- Buhoci "Sfântul Francisc din Assisi"BuhociView parish
- Buhonca "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"BuhoncaView parish
- Buhuşi "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"BuhuşiView parish
- Buruieneşti "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"BuruieneştiView parish
- Butea "Preasfânta Treime"ButeaView parish
- Bârgăuani "Sfânta Maria Magdalena"BârgăuaniView parish
- Bârlad "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regina Rozariului"BârladView parish
- Bârnova "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"BârnovaView parish
- Bârzuleşti "Preasfânta Treime"BârzuleştiView parish
- Băluşeşti "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"BăluşeştiView parish
- Bălţaţi "Coborârea Sfântului Duh"BălţaţiView parish
- Cacica "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"CacicaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Iosif Paulet
- Born
- 17 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Tămăşeni
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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.
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.
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