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.
- Gherăeşti "Trupul şi Sângele Domnului"GherăeştiView parish
- Gherăeştii Noi "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regina Lunii Mai"Gherăeştii NoiView parish
- Gioseni "Naşterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul"GioseniView parish
- Gura Humorului "Preasfânta Treime"Gura HumoruluiView parish
- Horgeşti "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"HorgeştiView parish
- Horleşti "Trupul şi Sângele Domnului"HorleştiView parish
- Horpaz "Fericitul Anton Durcovici"HorpazView parish
- Huşi "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"HuşiView parish
- Huşi "Sfântul Anton de Padova"HuşiView parish
- Hălăuceşti "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"HălăuceştiView parish
- Iaşi "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"IaşiMass times recorded
- Iaşi "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"IaşiView parish
- Iaşi "Sfântul Anton de Padova"IaşiView parish
- Iugani "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regină"IuganiView parish
- Izvoarele "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"IzvoareleView parish
- Lespezi "Sfânta Ana"LespeziView parish
- Lilieci "Sfântul Gheorghe"LilieciView parish
- Luizi-Călugăra "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"Luizi-CălugăraView parish
- Luncaşi "Sfântul Maximilian Maria Kolbe"LuncaşiView parish
- Mirceşti "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"MirceştiView parish
- Moara "Sfântul Maximilian Maria Kolbe"MoaraView parish
- Mogoşeşti-Siret "Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus"Mogoşeşti-SiretView parish
- Moineşti "Înălţarea Domnului"MoineştiView parish
- Mărgineni "Maria Regină"MărgineniView parish
- Mărgineni "Sfântul Pius din Pietrelcina"MărgineniView parish
- Nicolae Bălcescu "Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus"Nicolae BălcescuView parish
- Nicoreşti "Sfânta Fecioară Maria Îndurerată"NicoreştiView parish
- Nisiporeşti "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"NisiporeştiView parish
- Oituz "Preasfânta Treime"OituzView parish
- Oneşti I "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"Oneşti IView 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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