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Romanian Diocese of

Lugoj

Romania Romania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Romanian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lugoj (română) / Lugos (Magyar) / Lugosien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Special Churches

Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur (↙), Hajdúdorog (↖), Oradea Mare (↑), Cluj–Gherla (↗), Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Archiepiscopal Administrator (2023.03.16 – ...):Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum

Auxiliary Bishop (2020.01.22 – ...):Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)

Titular Bishop of Abrittum

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lugoj (Romanian Rite)

Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (52)
(Archiepiscopal Administrator 2023.03.16 – ...)

Bishop Alexandru Mesian
(1995.11.20 – 2023.03.11)

Born:1937.01.22 (Baia Mare, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1965.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:1994.09.08
Died:2023.03.11 (Lugoj, Romania † 86)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1994.07.20 – 1995.11.20)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1995.11.20 – 2023.03.11)

Bishop Ioan Ploscaru
(1990.03.14 – 1995.11.20)

Born:1911.11.09 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1933.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:1948.11.30
Died:1998.07.31 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1948 – 1959)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1948.11.21 – 1990.03.14)

Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1959 – 1990.03.14)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1990.03.14 – 1995.11.20)

Blessed Bishop Ioan Bălan
(1936.08.29 – 1959.08.04)

Born:1880.02.11 (Teius, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1903.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1936.10.18
Died:1959.08.04 🩸 (Bucharest, Romania † 79)
Beatified:2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1936.08.29 – 1959.08.04)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Alexandru Nicolescu (later Archbishop)
(1922.02.25 – 1935.09.06)

Born:1882.07.06 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1904
Consecrated Bishop:1922.06.18
Died:1941.06.05 († 58)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1922.02.25 – 1935.09.06)

Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1935.09.06 – 1941.06.05)

Blessed Bishop Valeriu Traian Frenţiu
(1912.12.14 – 1922.02.25)

Born:1875.04.25 (Resita, Romania)
Ordained Priest:1898.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1913.01.14
Died:1952.07.11 🩸 (Sighetu Marmației, Romania † 77)
Beatified:2019.06.02 (Blaj, Romania)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1912.12.14 – 1922.02.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1922.02.25 – 1952.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1941 – 1947)

Bishop. Martyr.

Bishop Vasile Hossu
(1903.06.25 – 1911.12.16)

Born:1866.01.30 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1888.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:1903.09.21
Died:1916.01.13 († 49)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1911.12.16)

Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár of the Romanians (Romania) (1911.12.16 – 1916.01.13)

Bishop Demetriu Radu
(1896.12.03 – 1903.06.25)

Born:1862.10.26 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1885.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1897.05.09
Died:1920.12.08 († 58)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1896.12.03 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1903.06.25 – 1920.12.08)

Bishop Victor Mihali (later Archbishop)
(1874.12.21 – 1895.03.18)

Born:1841.05.19 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1863.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1875.02.14
Died:1918.01.21 († 76)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1874.12.21 – 1895.03.18)

Metropolitan of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania) (1895.03.18 – 1918.01.21)

Bishop Ioan Olteanu
(1870.10.15 – 1873.09.16)

Born:1839.12.25 (Romania)
Consecrated Bishop:1870.09.18
Died:1877.11.29 († 37)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) (1870.10.15 – 1873.09.16)

Bishop of Oradea Mare of the Romanians (Romania) (1873.09.16 – 1877.11.29)

Bishop Alexandru Dobra
(1855.10.28 – 1870.04.13)

Born:1794.02.15 (Romania)
Ordained Priest:1818.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1855.10.28
Died:1870.04.13 († 76)

Bishop of Lugoj of the Romanians (Romania) ([1854.11.17] 1855.10.28 – 1870.04.13)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: str. Ep. Dr. Ioan Bălan, nr. 6, 305500 Lugoj, TM, Romania

Phone: 0259-236492

Websites:

Statistics

Population: 94,000 Catholics (2020)

Statistics: 279 parishes, 118 priests (114 diocesan, 4 religious), 12 lay religious (6 brothers, 6 sisters), 11 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.03.18

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