The Romanian Episcopal Conference of Romania (Romanian: Conferinţa Episcopală Română) is the permanent assembly of

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

bishops in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. The bishops' conference has its headquarters in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, is a member of the

Council of European Episcopal Conferences An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

(CCEE) and sends a representative to the

Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, formerly the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, ( la, Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europaeae; COMECE) is the association of Catholic Church e ...

(COMECE). The President of the Romanian Episcopal Conference is Archbishop Lucian Mureşan, head of the Romanian Church United with Rome. Notable members are: Aurel Percă, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Bucharest

György Jakubinyi György Miklós Jakubinyi (born 13 February 1946) is a Romanian cleric, the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in Sighetu Marmației, he attended school in his native town from ...

, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Apostolic Administrator of the Armenians in Romania The other bishops (diocesan bishops, auxiliary bishops and retired bishops) represent the Latin and Romanian rites.

Chairman

Áron Márton Áron Márton (28 August 1896 – 29 September 1980) was an ethnic Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Alba Iulia from his appointment in late 1938 until his resignation in 1980. Márton held the title of Archbishop af ...

, Archbishop of Alba Iulia (1970-1980) Cardinal

Alexandru Todea Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureș County–22 May 2002, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, ...

, Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia (1991-1994)

Ioan Robu Ioan Robu (born November 6, 1944) is a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bucharest from 1990 to 2019. Biography Robu was born in Târgu Secuiesc, where his father, a native of Traian, Neamț County, had briefl ...

, Archbishop of Bucharest (1994-1998) Lucian Mureşan, Major Archbishop of Alba Iulia (1998-2001)

, Archbishop of Bucharest (2001-2004) Lucian Mureşan, Major Archbishop of Alba Iulia (2004-2007)

, Archbishop of Bucharest (2007-2010) Lucian Mureşan, Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia (2010-2013)

, Archbishop of Bucharest (2013-2016) Lucian Mureşan, Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia (since 2016)

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External links

* http://www.bisericacatolica.ro - official site * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/089.htm * http://www.catholica.ro/ {{Episcopal Conferences in Europe

Catholic Church in Romania

Chairman

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