Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Jassy (Iași), Diocese of

JASSI (JASI), DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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JASSY (Iași), Diocese of. - City and diocese in Romania. It extends over 45,000 sq km with a population of 400,000 inhabitants, of whom 140,000 are Catholics, who in 1949 were distributed among 109 parishes with 46 diocesan priests and 52 regulars (Annuario Pontificio 1951, p. 223).

The diocese was created by Leo XIII on 27 June 1884, erecting the apostolic vicariate of Moldavia into an episcopal see, with residence at J.

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BIBL.: N. Jorga, Histoire de l'Église roumaine, II, Bucharest 1909, p. 324; S. Vailhé, Jassy, in Cath. Enc., VIII, p. 325.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 568.

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Josi, Enrico. “Jassi (Jasi), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 568. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/jassi-jasi-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Jassi (Jasi), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 568. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/jassi-jasi-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Jassi (Jasi), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {568},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/jassi-jasi-diocesi-di}
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