Christianity in Romania: Roman Catholicism in Romania Reviews

Christianity in Romania: Roman Catholicism in Romania





Chapters: Roman Catholicism in Romania. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 87. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Roman Catholic Church (Romanian: ) in Romania is a Latin Rite Christian church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. Its administration is centered in Bucharest, and comprises two archdioceses and four other dioceses. It is the second largest Romanian denomination after the Romanian Orthodox Church, and one of the 16 state-recognized religions. In 1992, it had 1,144,820 members, of which the largest groups were Hungarians (approx. 770,000, including Székely and Csángó), Romanians (approx. 360,000) and Germans (approx. 70,000). Overall data for 2002 indicated that there were 1,028,401 Romanian citizens adhering to the Roman Catholic Church (4.7% of the population). Most Roman Catholics inhabit the region of Transylvania and Bacu County in Moldavia. The smaller Roman Catholic communities include Banat Bulgarians, Italians, Poles, Croats and Krashovani, Czechs, Slovaks, and Romani people. The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is a related sui iuris Catholic Church which uses the Byzantine Rite. It has separate jurisdiction, four eparchies, and one archeparchy headed by a major archbishop (thus the church has its own synod). The majority of its members are Romanians, with groups of Ukrainians from northern Romania. Members of the Armenian community who adhere to the Armenian Rite are grouped in the Roman Catholic-led Gherla Vicariate. The Roman Catholic Cathedral, Alba IuliaThe main archdiocese is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest, a metropolitan bishopric for the entire country, directly overseeing the regions of Muntenia, Northern Dobruja and Oltenia; it has around 52,000 parishione...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12463198









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