The Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj ( ro, Mitropolia Clujului, Maramureșului și Sălajului) is a

metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big ci ...

of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...

. Its see is the

Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj The Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj is an episcopal see of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Cathedral of this archbishopric is the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Cluj. Bishops and Archbishops * Nicolae Ivan (1921-1936) * Nicolae Colan ...

; its suffragan dioceses are Maramureș and Sătmar and Sălaj. The headquarters is the Dormition Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca. It covers northern

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

and southern

Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...

. It was established in March 2006 when its territory was removed from the jurisdiction of the

Metropolis of Transylvania A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big c ...

."Jocul cu mitropoliile"
''Tribuna'', February 5, 2012

Metropolitan bishops

* Bartolomeu Anania (March 2006 – January 2011) *Andrei Andreicuț (March 2011-)

Notes

External links

Official site
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2006 establishments in Romania Religion in Transylvania Maramureș