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Suffragan diocese Satu Mare, Szatmár, Romania

Diocese of Satu Mare, Szatmár

Satmarien(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in northwestern Romania, established on 23 March 1804 under Emperor Francis I and constituted in its present form in 1982; it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bucharest since 1930. Its seat is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Satu Mare and it serves a largely Hungarian-speaking faithful.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Satu Mare Roman Catholic Cathedral, in Satu Mare, Szatmár, Romania.

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Established
1804
Catholics
64,137
Priests
71
Territory
10,725 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jeno Schonberger
Born
18 June 1959
Birthplace
Turulung

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The cathedral

Satu Mare Roman Catholic Cathedral stands in Satu Mare, Szatmár, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The Latin diocese of Satu Mare (Latin: Dioecesis Satmariensis; Hungarian: Szatmári Római Katolikus Püspökség) in Romania traces its establishment to 23 March 1804, when Francis I, King of Hungary, erected it, an act Pope Pius VII recognised that 9 August. The diocese then lay within the Kingdom of Hungary and embraced a larger territory that included land in present-day Hungary and Slovakia as well as Romania. Until 1930 it was a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Eger.