Roman Catholicism In Romania
The Roman Catholic Church (Romanian: Biserica Romano-Catolică din România, Hungarian: Romániai Római Katolikus Egyház, German: Römisch-katholische Kirche in Rumänien) in Romania is a Latin Rite Christian church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. Its administration is centered in Bucharest, and comprises two archdioceses and four other dioceses. It is the second largest Romanian denomination after the Romanian Orthodox Church, and one of the 16 state-recognized religions. In 1992, it had 1,144,820 members, of which the largest groups were Hungarians (approx. 770,000, including Székely and Csángó), Romanians (approx. 360,000) and Germans (approx. 70,000). Overall data for the 2011 census indicated that there were 869,246 Romanian citizens adhering to the Roman Catholic Church (4.6% of the population).
Most Roman Catholics inhabit the region of Transylvania and Bacău County in Moldavia. The smaller Roman Catholic communities include Banat Bulgarians, Italians, Poles, Croats and Krashovani, Czechs, Slovaks, and Romani people.
The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic is a related sui iuris Catholic Church which uses the Byzantine Rite. It has separate jurisdiction, four eparchies, and one archeparchy headed by a major archbishop (thus the church has its own synod). The majority of its members are Romanians, with groups of Ukrainians from northern Romania. Members of the Armenian community who adhere to the Armenian Rite are grouped in the Roman Catholic-led Gherla Vicariate.
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