Mihai Cătălin Frățilă (born 10 December 1970) is a Bishop of the
Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome is a ''sui iuris'' Eastern Catholic Church, in full union with the Catholic Church. It has the rank of a Major Archbishop, Major Archiepiscopal Church and it uses the Byzanti ...
. Born in
Alba Iulia
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, he studied at the
Pontifical Gregorian and
Urbaniana universities between 1991 and 1996, when he was ordained a priest. In 2007, he was selected as auxiliary bishop of the
Făgăraş and Alba Iulia Archdiocese and
titular bishop
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of ''
Novae
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'', and the following year he was installed in his headquarters in
Bucharest
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.
Biografia PS Mihai Frăţilă
at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed April 26, 2012 In May 2014 Pope Francis
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erected the Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest with Mihai Frățilă as its first bishop.
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Catholic Hierarchy
1970 births
Living people
People from Alba Iulia
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishops
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