Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia
{{Short description|Catholic diocese in Romania}}
{{redirect|Archdiocese of Alba Iulia|the Orthodox dioceses|Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Alba Iulia|and|Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction = Archdiocese
| name = Alba Iulia
| latin = Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis
| local = Arhiepiscopia de Alba Iulia
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| country = {{flag|Romania}}
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| metropolitan = Immediately Subject to the Holy See
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| area_km2 = 58,254
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| population = 4,017,256
| population_as_of = 2015
| catholics = 397,778
| catholics_percent = 9.9
| parishes = 253
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| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
| rite = Roman Rite
| established = 1009
(As Diocese of Transilvania, Erdély, Siebenbürgen)
22 March 1932
(As Diocese of Alba Iulia)
5 August 1991
(Archdiocese of Alba Iulia)
| cathedral = St. Michael's Cathedral, Alba Iulia
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| bishop = Gergely Kovács
| bishop_title = Archbishop
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| auxiliary_bishops =László Kerekes (elect)
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| emeritus_bishops = György Jakubinyi
József Tamás
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia ({{langx|la|Archidioecesis Albae Iuliensis}}); {{langx|hu|Gyulafehérvári Római Katolikus Érsekség}}) is a Latin Church archdiocese in Transylvania, Romania.
History
It was established as a bishopric, the diocese of Transylvania also called Erdély (in Hungarian), or Karlsburg alias Siebenbürgen (in German), in 1009 by King Stephen I of Hungary and was renamed as the diocese of Alba Iulia on 22{{nbsp}}March 1932.
It was raised to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II on 5{{nbsp}}August 1991. It is exempt, i.e. directly subordinate to the Vatican, while the other Romanian dioceses form the Ecclesiastical Province of Bucharest.
Bishops
=Ordinaries=
{{incomplete list|date=September 2024}}
;Bishops
- (?) Franco (1071–1081)
- Simon (1111–1113)
- Peter (1134)
- Baranus (1139)
- Walter (1156–1157/8)
- Vilcina (1166–1169)
- Paul (1181)
- Adrian (1192–1201)
- William (1204–1221)
- Raynald of Belleville (1222–1241)
- Artolf (1244–1245)
- Gallus (1246–1269)
- Peter Monoszló (1270–1307)
- Benedict (1309–1319)
- Demetrius (1368–1376)
- Goblinus (1376–1386)
- János Statileo (1534–1542)
- Pál Bornemissza (1553–1556)
- Demeter Naprágyi (1597–1605)
- József Batthyány (1759–1760)
- József Anton Bajtay (1760–1772)
- Piusz Manzador (1772–1774)
- László von Kollonich (1775–1780)
- Ignác Batthyány (1780–1798)
- Sándor Rudnay (1815–1819)
- Lajos Haynald (1852–1863)
- Áron Márton (1938–1980)
- Lajos Bálint (1990–1991)
;Archbishops
- Lajos Bálint (1991–1993)
- György Jakubinyi (1994–2019)
- Gergely Kovács (since 2019)
=Auxiliary Bishops=
- György-Miklós Jakubinyi (1990–1994), appointed Archbishop here
- József Tamás (1996–2019)
- László Kerekes (since 2020)
Description
The archdiocese covers Transylvania proper—the counties of Alba, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brașov, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Mureș, Sălaj and Sibiu.
The cathedral episcopal see is St. Michael's, in Alba Iulia city. It also has a minor basilica in Șumuleu Ciuc.
== Population ==
11% of its inhabitants are Roman Catholic, with concentrations in parts of Harghita and Covasna counties. Catholic adherents are predominantly ethnic Hungarians.
External links
{{commons category|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia}}
- {{in lang|hu}} [http://www.romkat.ro/ Official site]
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/alba1.htm GigaCatholic, listing the episcopal incumbents]
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