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Diocese of Chişinău

Dioecesis Chisinauensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Anton Coşa, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 27 October 2001
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Moldova, Republic of
  • Square Kilometers: 33,000 (12,746 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.catolicmold.md/
  • Mailing Address: Str. Mitropolit Dosoftei 85, Chisinau 2012, Moldova
  • Telephone: (022)223.470
  • Fax: 225.210

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Apostolic Administration of Moldova
28 October 1993ErectedApostolic Administration of Caucasus (suppressed)
Diocese of Iaşi
Apostolic Administration of Odessa (suppressed)
Apostolic Administration of Russia (Armenian) (suppressed)
Diocese of Tiraspol
Apostolic Administration of Tiflis and Georgia (suppressed)
Apostolic Administration of Volga (suppressed)
Apostolic Administration of Moldova (erected) (Republic of Moldova)
Diocese of Chişinău
27 October 2001ElevatedApostolic Administration of Moldova Diocese of Chişinău

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Apostolic Administration of Moldova
199920,0004,340,000.5%66121,6668209ap2000
Diocese of Chişinău
200120,0004,378,000.5%87151,3331172611ap2002
200220,0004,340,000.5%108181,1111163311ap2003
200320,0004,247,700.5%128201,0002183511ap2004
200420,0004,247,700.5%68141,4281184011ap2005
200620,0003,800,000.5%1113248331224313ap2007
201320,0004,334,000.5%1715326252203519ap2014
201620,0003,800,000.5%1615316451182720ap2017
201920,0003,547,500.6%1711287142132820ap2020
202119,9803,544,140.6%18927740112320ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Apostolic Administration of Moldova
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 375
  • Diocese of Chişinău
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 8, and Page 9

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