The
Eparchy
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on th ...
of
Lugoj
Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" ...
is an eparchy of the
Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic ( la, Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Romaniae; ro, Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the ...
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Alexandru Dobra
Alexandru Dobra (15 February 1794 – 13 April 1870) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the first bishop of the new created Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj from 1854 to 1870.
Born in Șopteriu, Bistrița-Năsăud, Habsburg mon ...
(16 Nov 1854 – 13 Apr 1870)
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Ioan Olteanu
Ioan Olteanu (14 December 1839 – 29 November 1877) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj from 1870 to 1873 and the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare from 1873 to 1877.
Born in ...
(29 Nov 1870 – 22 Dec 1873)
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Victor Mihaly de Apșa
Victor Mihaly de Apşa, commonly Victor Mihali (May 19, 1841—January 21, 1918), was an ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. Born to an old noble family in Ieud, Maramureș County,[Dumitru Radu
Dumitru Radu (born 3 March 1988, in Ceadîr-Lunga, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldavian football goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a desig ...]
(3 Dec 1896 – 25 Jun 1903)
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Vasile Hossu (25 Jun 1903 – 16 Dec 1911)
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Valeriu Traian Frențiu
Valeriu Traian Frențiu (25 April 1875 – 11 July 1952) was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1922 to his death in 1952. His beatification occurred on 2 June 2019. (14 Dec 1912 – 25 Feb 1922)
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Alexandru Nicolescu
Alexandru Nicolescu (8 July 1882—5 June 1941) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. Born in Tulgheș, Harghita County, Transylvania, he studied at the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome from 1898 to 1904, ea ...
(25 Feb 1922 – 29 Aug 1936)
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Ioan Bălan
Ioan Bălan (11 February 1880 – 4 August 1959) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
Biography
He was born in Teiuș, Alba County, the son of Ștefan Bălan and Ana, née Muntean. After graduating high school in Blaj, he studie ...
(29 Aug 1936 – 4 Aug 1959)
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Ioan Ploscaru Ioan Ploscaru (19 November 1911 – 31 July 1998) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
Born into a peasant family in Frata commune, Cluj County, he studied in Blaj. He was ordained a priest in 1933 and a bishop in November 194 ...
(14 Mar 1990 – 30 Nov 1995)
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Alexandru Mesian (from 30 Nov 1995)
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Romania
Romanian Greek Catholic Church dioceses
Lugoj
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