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Suffragan eparchy Maramureş, Romania

Eparchy of Maramureş

Maramuresen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption, Baia Mare, in Maramureş, Romania.

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Established
1930
Catholics
53,250
Priests
143

Parishes and churches

153 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Vasile Bizau
Born
14 October 1969
Birthplace
Dragomireşti

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption, Baia Mare stands in Maramureş, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.