Catholic Diocese of Chișinău

Diocese of Chişinău Dioecesis Chisinauensis Episcopia Chişinăului
Location
Country	Moldova
Metropolitan	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	33,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 3,567,000 20,000 (0.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 October 1993 (As Apostolic Administration of Moldova) 27 October 2001 (As Diocese of Chişinău)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Divine Providence in Chișinău
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Anton Coșa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Chișinău (in Latin: Dioecesis Chisinauensis, in Romanian: Dieceza Chișinăului) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church covering all of Moldova and the territory of the self-proclaimed state of Transnistria.

It is exempt, meaning that it is directly subordinate to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province with a metropolitan bishop.

History

On 28 October 1993, it was established as the Apostolic Administration of Moldova (a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction), on territories split off from the Diocese of Iași (in Romania) and the Diocese of Tiraspol (later suppressed).

On 27 October 2001, it was promoted and renamed after its see (the national capital) as Diocese of Chișinău, to which the apostolic administrator was appointed as first residential bishop.

Cathedral

The Cathedral of Chișinău is dedicated to the Divine Providence.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic administrator of Moldova (1993–2001)

• October 28, 1993 – October 27, 2001 : Anton Coşa, Titular Bishop of Pesto (see) (1999.10.30 – 2001.10.27)

Exempt Bishop of Chișinău (2001– )

• since October 27, 2001 : Anton Coşa

See also

• Catholic Church in Moldova

External links

• Official website
• (in English) Diocese of Chişinău on www.catholic-hierarchy.org
• (in English) Diocese of Chişinău on www.gcatholic.org, with incumbent biography links