Greek Catholic Church of Romania

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Romania
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:affiliation Catholic Church
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Romanian_Church_United_with_Rome,_Greek-Catholic
gptkbp:cathedral gptkb:Holy_Trinity_Metropolitan_Cathedral,_Blaj
gptkbp:communionWith gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:country gptkb:Romania
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Romanian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Romania
gptkbp:district 6
gptkbp:established 1700
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Blaj,_Romania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greek Catholic Church of Romania
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Romanian
gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Cardinal_Lucian_Mureșan
gptkbp:leaderTitle Major Archbishop
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Council_of_the_Bishops'_Conferences_of_Europe
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Beatification_of_seven_Greek_Catholic_bishops_in_2019
gptkbp:numberOfFaithful approximately 500,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:patronSaint gptkb:Saint_Basil_the_Great
gptkbp:province Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
gptkbp:region gptkb:Transylvania
gptkbp:restored 1989
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Byzantine_Rite
gptkbp:sui_iuris_church Yes
gptkbp:suppressedBy 1948
Communist regime in Romania
gptkbp:uses Julian calendar (historically)
gptkbp:usesGregorianCalendar Yes
gptkbp:website http://www.bru.ro/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4