The Bob church (

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: ''Biserica Bob din Cluj'', hu, Bob utcai görög katolikus templom) is the first

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church that was built in 1803 in the city of

Cluj ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , settlement_type = City , ...

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, at that time part of the

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. The name of the church comes from the Romanian noble

Ioan Bob Ioan Bob, (1739 – 2 October 1830) was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to his death in 1830. Life Ioan Bob was born from a noble Romanian family in October or November 1739 in Orman, near Iclod ...

, later bishop of the Romanian Greek-Catholic church, who paid for the construction of the church. On 7 August 1864,

Veronica Micle Veronica Micle (born Ana Câmpeanu; 22 April 1850 – 3 August 1889) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian poet, whose work was influenced by Romanticism. She is best known for her love affair with the poet Mihai Eminescu, one of the most im ...

married here Ștefan Micle, the future Rector of the

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File:Elie_Daianu_-_Biserica_lui_Bob_in_Cluj.jpg Churches in Cluj-Napoca Greek-Catholic churches in Romania Churches completed in 1803 Baroque church buildings in Romania Historic monuments in Cluj County {{ClujCounty-geo-stub