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.
- Slobozia "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"SloboziaView parish
- Slănic Moldova "Adormirea Maicii Domnului"Slănic MoldovaView parish
- Soloneţu Nou "Coborârea Sfântului Duh"Soloneţu NouView parish
- Somuşca "Sfântul Luca"SomuşcaView parish
- Stufu "Sfântul Mihail"StufuView parish
- Suceava "Sfântul Ioan Nepomuk"SuceavaView parish
- Săbăoani "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regina Rozariului"SăbăoaniView parish
- Săbăoani "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"SăbăoaniView parish
- Săbăoani "Sfântul Mihail"SăbăoaniView parish
- Săbăoani "Înălţarea Sfintei Cruci"SăbăoaniView parish
- Sănduleni "Sfântul Ioan Paul al II-lea"SănduleniView parish
- Sărata "Sfântul Mihail"SărataView parish
- Săveni "Sfântul Mihail"SăveniView parish
- Talpa "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"TalpaView parish
- Tecuci "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"TecuciView parish
- Teţcani "Sfânta Tereza a Pruncului Isus"TeţcaniView parish
- Tomeşti "Fericitul Ieremia Valahul"TomeştiView parish
- Traian "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"TraianView parish
- Traian "Sfântul Iosif Muncitorul"TraianView parish
- Trebeş "Sfântul Isidor Plugarul"TrebeşView parish
- Tuta "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regina Rozariului"TutaView parish
- Târgu Frumos "Sfântul Anton de Padova"Târgu FrumosView parish
- Târgu Neamţ "Sfinţii Apostoli Petru şi Paul"Târgu NeamţView parish
- Târgu Ocna "Schimbarea la Faţă a lui Isus"Târgu OcnaView parish
- Târgu Trotuş "Trupul şi Sângele Domnului"Târgu TrotuşView parish
- Tămăşeni "Sfânta Fecioară Maria, Regină"TămăşeniView parish
- Tărâţa "Naşterea Sfintei Fecioare Maria"TărâţaView parish
- Valea Lupului "Sfântul Pius din Pietrelcina"Valea LupuluiView parish
- Valea Mare "Sfântul Mihail"Valea MareView parish
- Valea Mică "Fericitul Ieremia Valahul"Valea MicăView 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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