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Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}

Dioecesis Magnovaradinensis Latinorum



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Bishop(s)

  • László Bőcskei, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 18 October 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Romania
  • Square Kilometers: 12,152 (4,693 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.varad.org/
  • Mailing Address: Episcopia Romano-Catolica, Sirul Canonicilor 2, RO-410161 Oradea, Romania
  • Telephone: (0259)411.180
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
1077ErectedDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} (erected)
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
5 June 1930UnitedDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
19 July 1939Territory LostDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár} (Territory in Hungary) Apostolic Administration of Satu Mare {Szatmár} in Slovakia (erected)
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
28 June 1941SplitDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár} Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
9 April 1948UnitedDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
30 December 1977Territory LostDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár} (13 parishes in the Slovak Republic) Diocese of Košice
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
18 October 1982SplitDiocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár} Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
1984111,2851,015,09011.0%685731,52468055ap1991
1999108,6821,014,70510.7%694731,48844958ap2000
2000108,2971,014,70510.7%704741,46345358ap2001
2001108,0121,014,42010.6%714751,44044758ap2002
2002107,6091,014,42010.6%753781,37944358ap2003
2003107,2111,014,42010.6%633661,62477858ap2004
2004106,8271,014,42010.5%644681,57087958ap2005
2013106,0201,011,33010.5%671681,55912561ap2014
2016104,5581,005,00010.4%622641,63332761ap2017
2019102,870987,90010.4%613641,60762462ap2020
202179,446773,09510.3%576631,26182462ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 515
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 262
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 326
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 358, and Page 359
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 404, and Page 405
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 432
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 389
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 359
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 384, to Page 385
  • Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 381, to Page 386
  • Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 34, Page 28, and Page 29
  • Diocese of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 356
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