Diocese of Timișoara Dioecesis Timisoarensis Dieceza de Timișoara | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bucharest |
| Metropolitan | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,755 km2 (9,558 sq mi) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 June 1930 |
| Cathedral | St. George's Cathedral, Timișoara |
| Patron saint | Saint George |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | József-Csaba Pál |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ioan Robu |
| Bishops emeritus | Martin Roos |
| Map | |
 Administrative map of the Roman Catholic Church in Romania | |
TheDiocese of Timișoara (Latin:Dioecesis Timisoarensis;Hungarian:Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is aLatin diocese of theCatholic Church inRomania established on 5 June 1930 byPope Pius XI. The Diocese ofCenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 byStephen I of Hungary. It is based inTimișoara.
The diocese covers the RomanianBanat—the counties ofTimiș,Caraș-Severin,Arad and part ofMehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in theKrashovani areas nearReșița andSânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents areHungarian, followed byBanat Swabians,Romanians,Banat Bulgarians,Croats,Slovaks andCzechs. It is subordinate to theBucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop isJózsef-Csaba Pál.
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