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(Hungarian,Szamos-Ujvar,Latin,Armenopolis).
A city in theTransylvanian county of Szolnok-Doboka, situated on the upper Szamos, an eastern tributary of the Theiss, and the seat of aUniat Greekdiocese (Armenopolis) that embraces the northern part ofTransylvania; thesee is suffragen to theArchbishop ofFogaras and Alba Julia, who resides at Blasendorf. The city was founded about 1700 byArmenians whoemigrated at the beginning of the fourteenth century fromArmenia and settled first on the banks of the Krim and Moldau. In the second half of the seventeenth century they moved toTransylvania, and after a two years' struggle on the part of the Armenian-Catholic Bishop Auxentius Veerzereskul, they wereconverted fromEutychianism toCatholicism. By theBull "Ad Apostolicam Sedem" (26 November, 1853), the city became a diocese. The firstbishop was Johann Alexi (1854-65); he was succeeded by Johann Vancsa (1855-68), Pavel (1872-79), and Johann Szabo, appointed in 1879 (b. 16 August, 1836). The diocese of Armenierstadt contains about 683,300 inhabitants; 432,900Catholics of the Greek-RoumanianRite, 41,100 of theLatin Rite, and 1,600 of theArmenian Rite. It has onecathedral, six canonicates, four titularabbeys, one formal provostship, forty-fivedeaneries, 490 mother churches, 391 dependent churches (Filialkirchen), onemonastery with fourmonks (Basilian Order, in Bikszad), 475pastors, 25chaplains, oneregularpriest, eleven otherecclesiastics, and 64clerics. Thebishop directs adiocesan academy with seven professors, one teacher's trainingcollege, with four professors, one Armenian-Catholic Ober-Gymnasium, and about 600 publicschools, with 38,900 pupils. Thecathedral and the episcopal residence, architecturally speaking, are insignificant, a far more imposing building being the principal Armenian-Catholic church, built in 1792.
APA citation.Lins, J.(1907).Armenierstadt. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01739a.htm
MLA citation.Lins, Joseph."Armenierstadt."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 1.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1907.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01739a.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by William D. Neville.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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