Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău

Diocese of Chişinău Dioecesis Chisinauensis Episcopia Chişinău
Location
Country	Moldova
Metropolitan	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,334,000 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 Chişinău
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Anton Coșa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chişinău (in latin: Dioecesis Chisinauensis) is a Latin Rite diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in and covering the entire republic of Moldova.

It is exempt, i.e. directly depending of the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

History

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

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

Cathedral

The Cathedral of Chişinău 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 Chisinau (2001-)

• since October 27, 2001 : Anton Coşa

Sources and External links

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