Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church

The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian: Biserica Român? Unit? cu Roma, Greco-Catolic?) is a Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite.

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Catholic - Eastern Rite

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Since 1994, the Most Reverend Lucian Mure?an, Archbishop of Alba-Iulia and F?g?ra?, is Metropolitan of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic. The Church has four other dioceses in Romania (Oradea, Cluj-Gherla, Lugoj and Maramure?), http://www.catholica.ro/biserica/brui.asp and one, directly subject to the Holy See, in the United States of America (Saint George's in Canton).http://www.romaniancatholic.org/

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1994 - Alba-Iulia - F?g?ra? - Oradea - Cluj - Gherla - Lugoj - Maramure? - United States of America

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In 2002, there were 191,000 Romanian Greek Catholics.

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The Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (its official name) is an Eastern Rite or Greek-Catholic Church that uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language. Romania also has another five dioceses for Latin Rite Catholics, who are more numerous.

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Eastern Rite - Byzantine - Romania - Latin Rite

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