Diocese of Oradea Mare
Magnovaradinen(sis) Romenorum
Suffragan eparchy · Latin Church · Oradea Mare, Romania
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare is a Latin Church diocese in the Crisana region of western Romania, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Its faithful are predominantly Hungarian, and László Böcskei has been bishop since 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 June 1777
- Latin
- Magnovaradinen(sis) Romenorum
- Patron
- Saint Ladislaus
- Annuario code
- 001002462
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 106,020
- Population
- 1,011,330
- Catholic share
- 10.5%
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 1,797
- Extent
- 12,152 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Bishop
- László Böcskei
- Born
- 11 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Gataia
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
Basilica Cathedral of Oradea stands in Oradea Mare, 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 Bucharest
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bucharest.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Bucureşti, BucarestBucureşti, Bucarest
- Diocese of IaşiIaşi
- Diocese of Oradea Mare, Gran Varadino, NagyváradOradea Mare
- Diocese of Satu Mare, SzatmárSatu Mare, Szatmár
- Diocese of TimişoaraTimişoara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Oradea holds the episcopal see of, and gives its name to, a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Romania, the Diocese of Oradea. Its Latin title is Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum, its Hungarian name Nagyváradi Római Katolikus Egyházmegye, and its Romanian name Dieceza Romano-Catolică de Oradea Mare.
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].