Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

The Diocese of Timișoara (Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary. It is based in Timișoara.

Diocese of Timișoara

Dioecesis Timisoarensis

Dieceza de Timișoara
Location
CountryRomania
Ecclesiastical provinceBucharest
MetropolitanRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest
Statistics
Area24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,345,576
108,379 (8.1%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5 June 1930
CathedralSt. George's Cathedral, Timișoara
Patron saintSaint George
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJózsef-Csaba Pál
Metropolitan ArchbishopIoan Robu
Bishops emeritusMartin Roos
Map
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania

The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reșița and Sânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents are Hungarian, followed by Banat Swabians, Romanians, Banat Bulgarians, Croats, Slovaks and Czechs. It is subordinate to the Bucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop is József-Csaba Pál.

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