The Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church (in Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is a Catholic church which belongs to the Eastern Rites, and is one of the official churches of Romania. It also has a diocese in the US headed by Most Reverend John Michael Botean, DD under separate jurisdiction.
Note that the Romanian Catholic Church refers to the Eastern Rite, or Greek-Catholic, system of belief. In Romania there exists a larger minority of Roman Catholics, which do not form part of the Romanian Catholic Church and adhere to the Latin Rite.
External links
Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church - Official website (http://www.bru.ro/) (in Romanian)
Greco-catolic.ro (http://www.greco-catolic.ro/) (in Romanian)
St George Romanian Byzantine Catholic Diocese (english) (http://www.romaniancatholic.org/)
Elected by the synod of his Church, with the approval of the Pope, the major archbishop fulfills essentially the same role as a patriarch, as the head of a self-governing Eastern Church.
The RomanianCatholicChurch suffered through brutal persecution during the Communist era, as the government sought to eliminate all evidence of an Eastern Church in communion with Rome.
The RomanianChurch United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is an Eastern Rite or Greek-Catholic Church ranked as a Major Archiepiscopal Church, which uses the Byzantine liturgical rite in the Romanian language.
On December 16, 2005, the Church was raised to the dignity of a Major Archiepiscopal Church.
Catholic Near East Welfare Association: overview of the RomanianCatholicChurch
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