Eastern ordinariate immediately subject to the Holy See Romania
Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Romania
Romaniae
Armenian Catholic Church
Armenian Catholic ordinariate for Armenian-rite faithful in Romania, formally erected on 5 June 1930 under the 1927 Concordat, with its principal church the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Gherla. The see is vacant and has long been entrusted to the Latin Archbishop of Alba Iulia as apostolic administrator, currently Gergely Kovacs. Its community numbered only several hundred faithful as of 2013.
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- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 666
- Priests
- 5
- Territory
- 238,391 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Armenian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy TrinityGherla · CathedralView parish
- Armenian Catholic Church in FrumoasaFrumoasa (Harghita)View parish
- Armenian Catholic Church of St. Elizabeth (co-cathedral)DumbraveniView parish
- Armenian Catholic Church of the Nativity of MaryGheorgheniView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Gergely Kovács
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The cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gherla stands in Romania, 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
Based in Gherla, the Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania (Romanian: Ordinariatul Armeano-Catolic) is an ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful belonging to the Armenian Catholic Church, which itself stands under the authority of the Pope. Its care extends to Catholic members of Romania's Armenian community living in Transylvania.