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.
- Oneşti II "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"Oneşti IIView parish
- Oţeleni "Sfânta Ana"OţeleniView parish
- Paşcani "Sfântul Anton de Padova"PaşcaniView parish
- Piatra Neamţ "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"Piatra NeamţView parish
- Piatra Neamţ "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"Piatra NeamţView parish
- Pildeşti "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"PildeştiView parish
- Pleşa "Sfânta Ana"PleşaView parish
- Ploscuţeni "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"PloscuţeniView parish
- Podu Iloaiei "Naşterea Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul"Podu IloaieiView parish
- Poiana "Sfântul Anton de Padova"PoianaView parish
- Poiana Micului "Preasfânta Inimă a lui Isus"Poiana MiculuiView parish
- Pralea "Sfântul Nume al Mariei"PraleaView parish
- Prăjeşti "Preasfânta Treime"PrăjeştiView parish
- Pustiana "Sfântul Ştefan"PustianaView parish
- Pârgăreşti "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regină"PârgăreştiView parish
- Roman "Fericitul Ieremia Valahul"RomanView parish
- Roman "Inima Neprihănită a Mariei"RomanView parish
- Roman "Isus, Bunul Păstor"RomanView parish
- Roman "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"RomanView parish
- Rotunda "Sfântul Francisc din Assisi"RotundaView parish
- Răchiteni "Sfântul Anton de Padova"RăchiteniView parish
- Răcăciuni "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"RăcăciuniView parish
- Răducăneni "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"RăducăneniView parish
- Rădăuţi "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"RădăuţiView parish
- Sagna "Înălţarea Domnului"SagnaView parish
- Sascut Sat "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"Sascut SatView parish
- Satu Nou "Sfântul Mihail"Satu NouView parish
- Satu Nou (Rediu II) "Sfânta Fecioară Maria Îndurerată"Satu Nou (Rediu II)View parish
- Schineni "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"SchineniView parish
- Siret "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"SiretView 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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