Romanian Greek Catholic Church

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Byzantine Rite church Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Romanian Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite in full communion with the Pope, primarily serving Romanian faithful.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Biserica Română Unită cu Roma	1
Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine Rite church ⓘ Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ sui iuris particular church ⓘ
abbreviation	BRU ⓘ Romanian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma RGC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
churchSuiIurisOf	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
communionType	full communion ⓘ
country	Romania ⓘ
followsCanonLaw	Eastern Catholic canon law ⓘ
followsGregorianCalendar	yes ⓘ
followsPapalPrimacy	yes ⓘ
hasClericalDiscipline	allows married priests ⓘ
hasDiasporaCommunitiesIn	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Western Europe ⓘ
hasEparchy	Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla ⓘ Eparchy of Lugoj ⓘ Eparchy of Maramureș ⓘ Eparchy of Oradea Mare ⓘ Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest ⓘ Eparchy of St George’s in Canton ⓘ
hasExarchate	Apostolic Exarchate of Greece for Byzantine-Rite Romanians ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn	Blaj ⓘ
hasMajorArchbishop	Lucian Mureșan ⓘ
hasMetropolitanSee	Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
hierarchicalStatus	Major Archiepiscopal Church ⓘ
inCommunionWith	Holy See ⓘ Pope ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Byzantine ⓘ
mainCathedral	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Blaj Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj ⓘ
mainTerritory	Transylvania ⓘ
outlawedInRomaniaFrom	1948 ⓘ
partOfEcclesiasticalProvince	Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
patronSaint	John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Baptist
persecutedDuring	Communist regime in Romania ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalLanguage	Romanian ⓘ
recognizedBy	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
restoredLegallyInRomaniaIn	1989 ⓘ
servesEthnicCommunity	Romanians ⓘ
sharesDogmaWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sharesTheologyWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
suiIurisSince	18th century ⓘ
typeOfHierarchy	Catholic Church hierarchy ⓘ surface form: Eastern Catholic hierarchy
unionWithRomeConcludedAt	Union of Uzhhorod ⓘ surface form: Union of Alba Iulia
unionWithRomeYear	1700 ⓘ
usesLiturgicalRite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romanian Greek Catholic Church → abbreviation → Romanian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma

Romanian Greek Catholic Church → alsoKnownAs → Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ