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The new Romanian administration took a series of measures to encourage Orthodoxy, neglected by the previous Austro-Hungarian administration, which was only favorable to the Catholic religion. Thus, the Bishopric of Timișoara was created, elevated to the rank of archbishopric in 1939, and in 1947 the Metropolis of Banat was established. [5]
The Diocese of Timișoara (Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary.
In 1962, the Catholic population of Romania was reckoned at around 1.5 million Romanian Greek Catholics (primarily in Transylvania), 1.5 million Latin Catholics of mostly Hungarian and German ethnicity, with the Armenian Catholic population primarily found in the longstanding Transylvanian community. [4]
Due to the marshy terrain, the cathedral was built on wooden pillars. [5] Its dimensions are impressive: it is 55 meters long, 22 meters wide, the height of the nave is 16.9 meters, and of the towers 35.5 meters. [5] The shape of the cathedral is a cross, the building being made of brick, with exterior ornaments made of stucco and stone. [8]
Cathedrals of the Romanian Orthodox Church: . Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia; Cathedral of Saint Alexander [] in Alexandria; Holy Trinity Cathedral, Arad (since 2009) / Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Arad, Romania) - former cathedral (until 2009)
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Almost 4 million bricks were used for the 71.12-meter-long and 27.5-meter-wide building. The neo-Romanesque construction was begun in 1896 and was finished in 1901, [6] the church being consecrated on 13 October 1901. [7] The old parish church in Fabric was donated in 1906 to the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.
Notre Dame Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district of Timișoara, Romania. It is part of a former monastery complex built for the School Sisters of Notre Dame , established in Timișoara ( Hungarian : Temesvár ) in 1864, then Kingdom of Hungary .