Greek Catholicism
According to the 2002 census, there are 191,556 Greek-Catholics in Romania, making up 0.88% of the population. The majority of Greek-Catholics live in the northern part of Transylvania.
According to the information, valid for the end of 2003, given in the 2005 Annuario Pontificio, the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church then had 737,900 followers, many bishops, some 716 diocesan priests and 347 seminarians of its own rite. The dispute over the figure is included in the United States Department of State report on religious freedom in Romania. The Romanian Orthodox Church continues to claim many of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church's properties.
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