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

Lugoj, Diocese of

LUGOJ, DIOCESI DI

By Petre Vălimăreanu

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LUGOJ, Diocese of. - Catholic diocese united in the Romanian Banat. It was founded by Pius IX with the bull Apostolicum ministerium of 26 Nov. 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 Alexander Dobra.

In its jurisdiction (32,208 sq. km.) there are 213 churches and 235 parishes with 20 priests and 127,763 faithful out of a total of 1,695,727 inhabitants.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1654.

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Vălimăreanu, Petre. “Lugoj, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1654. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lugoj-diocesi-di.

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Vălimăreanu, Petre. “Lugoj, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1654. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lugoj-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec7_lugoj_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Vălimăreanu, Petre},
  title     = {Lugoj, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1654},
  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/lugoj-diocesi-di}
}

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