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.
- Chetriş "Sfântul Mihail"ChetrişView parish
- Cireşoaia "Sfânta Ana"CireşoaiaView parish
- Ciucani "Sfânta Maria Magdalena"CiucaniView parish
- Ciugheş "Sfânta Maria a Zăpezii"CiugheşView parish
- Cleja "Sfântul Francisc din Assisi"ClejaView parish
- Cleja II "Sfântul Marcu"Cleja IIView parish
- Coman "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regină"ComanView parish
- Comăneşti "Sfântul Anton de Padova"ComăneştiView parish
- Cordun "Fericitul Vladimir Ghika"CordunView parish
- Corhana "Sfânta Fecioară Maria Îndurerată"CorhanaView parish
- Cotnari "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"CotnariView parish
- Câmpulung Moldovenesc "Înălţarea Domnului"Câmpulung MoldovenescView parish
- Călugăreni "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"CălugăreniView parish
- Dancu "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regina Rozariului"DancuView parish
- Dochia "Preasfânta Treime"DochiaView parish
- Dofteana "Coborârea Sfântului Duh"DofteanaView parish
- Dumbrăveni "Sfânta Fecioară Maria Îndurerată"DumbrăveniView parish
- Dărmăneşti "Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus"DărmăneştiView parish
- Faraoani "Sfântul Anton de Padova"FaraoaniView parish
- Ferăstrău "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"FerăstrăuView parish
- Floreşti "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regină"FloreştiView parish
- Focuri "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"FocuriView parish
- Focşani "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"FocşaniView parish
- Frumoasa "Sfânta Maria Magdalena"FrumoasaView parish
- Fundu Răcăciuni "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Ajutorul Creştinilor"Fundu RăcăciuniView parish
- Fălticeni "Sfântul Anton de Padova"FălticeniView parish
- Fărcăşeni "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"FărcăşeniView parish
- Galaţi "Naşterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul"GalaţiView parish
- Galbeni "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"GalbeniView parish
- Gheorghe Doja "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"Gheorghe DojaView 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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