LUGOJ, DIOCESE of. — United Catholic diocese in the Romanian Banat. It was founded by Pius IX with the bull Apostolicum ministerium of 26 November 1853 and assigned as a suffragan to the united archbishopric of Fāgāraṣ-Alba Iulia. Its territory was taken from the bishoprics of Fāgāraṣ and Oradea Mare. Its first bishop was Alessandro Dobra.
Within its jurisdiction (32,208 sq. km.) there are 213 churches and 235 parishes, with 20 priests and 127,763 faithful, out of a total population of 1,695,727. Petre Vālimāreanu