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ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TIMIșOARA Latitude and Longitude:

45°45′30″N 21°13′48″E / 45.7582°N 21.2299°E / 45.7582; 21.2299
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Diocese of Timișoara

Dioecesis Timisoarensis

Dieceza de Timișoara
Location
Country Romania
Ecclesiastical province Bucharest
Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest
Statistics
Area24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,345,576
108,379 (8.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established5 June 1930
Cathedral St. George's Cathedral, Timișoara
Patron saint Saint George
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop József-Csaba Pál
Metropolitan Archbishop Ioan Robu
Bishops emeritus Martin Roos
Map
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania
Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania

The Diocese of Timișoara ( Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary. It is based in Timișoara.

The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reșița and Sânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents are Hungarian, followed by Banat Swabians, Romanians, Banat Bulgarians, Croats, Slovaks and Czechs. It is subordinate to the Bucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop is József-Csaba Pál.

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45°45′30″N 21°13′48″E / 45.7582°N 21.2299°E / 45.7582; 21.2299