Eparchy of Maramureş
Maramuresen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Romanian · Maramureş, Romania
Romanian Greek Catholic (Byzantine-rite) eparchy in northwestern Romania, erected by the bull Sollemni Conventione of 5 June 1930 and suffragan of the Major Archeparchy of Fagaras and Alba Iulia. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Baia Mare.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Romanian
- Erected
- 5 June 1930
- Latin
- Maramuresen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002159
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 53,250
- Population
- 2,013
- Priests
- 143
- Catholics per priest
- 372
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Vasile Bizau
- Born
- 14 October 1969
- Birthplace
- Dragomireşti
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption, Baia Mare stands in Maramureş, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Fagaras and Alba Iulia
A suffragan of Fagaras and Alba Iulia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Făgăraș și Alba IuliaBlaj
- Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Claudiopoli-ArmenopoliCluj
- Eparchy of LugojLugoj
- Eparchy of San Basilio Magno di BucarestBucharest
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Maramureș, founded in 1927, belongs to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Holy See; an eparchy is the counterpart of a Latin Church diocese. Its liturgical life follows the Byzantine Rite in the Romanian language. The see is a suffragan of the Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, and its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Assumption, stands in the city of Baia Mare, Romania. Vasile Bizău serves as the current eparch.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].