Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church

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The Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church is the highest-ranking prelate and spiritual leader of this Eastern Catholic Church, in full communion with Rome and following the Byzantine rite.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office ⓘ
head of church ⓘ
major archbishop ⓘ
belongsToParticularChurchType Eastern Catholic major archiepiscopal church ⓘ
canonicLaw Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
cardinalatePossible yes ⓘ
cathedral Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj ⓘ
church Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
communionWith Catholic Church ⓘ
Holy See ⓘ
confirmationBy Pope ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
createdAsMajorArchiepiscopalSeeBy Pope John Paul II ⓘ
createdAsMajorArchiepiscopalSeeInYear 2005 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStyle His Beatitude ⓘ
equivalentRankTo patriarch of an Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
governs Major Archiepiscopal Church of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
hasAuthorityIn Romanian Greek Catholic eparchies ⓘ
hasPastoralResponsibilityFor Romanian Greek Catholic diaspora (in coordination with local hierarchs) ⓘ
Romanian Greek Catholics in Romania ⓘ
incumbentSince 1994 ⓘ
jurisdictionOver Romanian Greek Catholic faithful of the Byzantine Rite ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Romanian ⓘ
liturgicalHeadgear mitre ⓘ
liturgicalRite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Byzantine-Slavic tradition ⓘ
membershipBody Synod of Bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
participatesIn Synod of the Bishops of the Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Synod of Bishops
predecessorOffice Metropolitan of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
primaryResidence Blaj, Romania ⓘ
linked to: Blaj
rank highest-ranking prelate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
religiousDenomination Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Catholicism ⓘ
riteFamily Byzantine ⓘ
role spiritual leader of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
see Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Synod of Bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
styleOfAddress Your Beatitude ⓘ
linked to: His Beatitude
subjectTo Congregation for the Eastern Churches ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
suiIurisChurch Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
titleHolder Cardinal Lucian Mureșan ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction major archiepiscopal church ⓘ
vesture omophorion ⓘ
sakkos ⓘ

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

Făgăraș and Alba Iulia → headedBy → Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla → hierarchicalSuperior → Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Lucian Mureșan → positionHeld → Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
linked to: Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Lucian Mureșan → title → Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
linked to: Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
St. Basil the Great of Bucharest → isSubjectTo → Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
linked to: Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Province of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia → metropolitanArchbishopTitle → Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia ⓘ
linked to: Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Synod of Bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church → headedBy → Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ