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Suffragan eparchy Oradea Mare, Romania

Diocese of Oradea Mare

Magnovaradinen(sis) Romenorum

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.

On the map

Esri
Oradea Mare, Romania, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1077
Catholics
106,020
Priests
59
Territory
12,152 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
László Böcskei
Born
11 July 1965
Birthplace
Gataia

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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.

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.