Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Cluj-Gherla, Diocese of

CLUJ-GHERLA, DIOCESI DI

By Mariano Baffi

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Also known as: German: Klausenburg; Latin: Castrum Clus, Napoca

CLUJ-GHERLA, Diocese of. - Cluj is a city in Romania, the capital of Transylvania, with 99,720 inhabitants (1937 census). A very ancient city, called Napoca by the Dacians and Claudiopolis by the Romans, in the Middle Ages it was called Castrum Clus, whence its present name. In 1267, Cluj and its territory were given as a gift by the rulers of Hungary to the bishops of Transylvania. Cluj is the residence of the Catholic bishop of the diocese of C.-G., established for the Eastern faithful by the pontiff Pius IX with a bull of 19 Dec. 1853.

Area 14,000 sq km; pop. 600,000 (Catholics 421,652); parishes 463.

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BIBL.: P. Botez, Célèuxa oraşului Cluj, Cluj 1923; V. Lazar, Cluj, Bucarest 1923; Ann. pontificio, 1949.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 1882–1883.

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Mariano Baffi. “Cluj-Gherla, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 1882–1883. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cluj-gherla-diocesi-di.

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Mariano Baffi. “Cluj-Gherla, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1882–1883. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cluj-gherla-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Mariano Baffi},
  title     = {Cluj-Gherla, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1882--1883},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cluj-gherla-diocesi-di}
}

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