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Diocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár}

Dioecesis Satmariensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jenő Schönberger, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Split: 18 October 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Romania
  • Square Kilometers: 10,724 (4,142 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.szatmariegyhazmegye.ro/
  • Mailing Address: Episcopia Romano-Catolica, Str. 1 Decembrie 1918, nr. 2, RO-440010 Satu Mare, Romania
  • Telephone: (0261)716.451
  • Fax: 714.955

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
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}
14 August 1993Territory LostDiocese of Satu Mare {Szatmár} (Ukraine) Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949202,0001,800,00011.2%1984224084136242121ap1981
1990150,000886,00016.9%744781,92356762ap1991
1999108,000925,00011.7%631641,68716057ap2000
2000110,000630,00017.5%59591,8644253ap2001
2001110,000630,00017.5%57571,9293753ap2002
2002110,000925,00011.9%74741,4863357ap2003
200398,000900,00010.9%74741,3244357ap2004
200470,000850,0008.2%62621,1294660ap2005
201063,450879,0007.2%61611,04074248ap2011
201464,137875,0007.3%79180801134248ap2015
201761,709791,6007.8%651075822112559ap2018
202060,300779,2907.7%671077783112559ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 356

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