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{{Short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in Romania}}
{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Eparchy
| name              = Lugoj 
| latin             = Dioecesis Lugosiensis
| local             = Eparhia de Lugoj
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<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = [[Romania]]
| territory         = 
| province          = Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
| metropolitan      = [[Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia|Major Archeparchy of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia]]
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<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 32,710
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| population_as_of  = 2013
| catholics         = 101,000
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| parishes          = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Romanian Greek Catholic Church]]
| rite              = [[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]]
| established       = 26 November 1853
| cathedral         = [[Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Lugoj|Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit]]
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| patron            = <!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) -->
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| priests           = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
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| pope              = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| patriarch         = 
| major_archbishop  = [[Lucian Mureșan]]
| bishop            = [[Călin Ioan Bot]]
| bishop_title      = Bishop 
| metro_archbishop  = <!-- Name of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province -->
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| suffragans        = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one -->
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| archdeacons       = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
| emeritus_bishops  = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) -->
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| map               = Romanian Greek-Catholic (Uniate) Church map.svg
| map_size          = 250px
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| map_caption       = Church administrative divisions
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The '''Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj''' is an [[eparchy]] (equivalent to a [[diocese]] in the [[Latin Church]]) of the [[Romanian Greek Catholic Church]]<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Lugos}}</ref> which is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic]] [[Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites|particular church]] of the [[Catholic Church]] that is in [[Full communion#Catholic Church|full communion]] with the [[Holy See]]. Its uses the [[Byzantine Rite]] in the [[Romanian language]] in its liturgical services. It was founded in 1853. It is a [[suffragan diocese]] of the [[Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia|Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia]].<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dburo.html ''Catholic Hierarchy'' page]</ref> The eparchy's [[cathedral|cathedral church]] is the [[Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Lugoj|Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit]] which is situated in the city of [[Lugoj]], [[Romania]]. The [[incumbent]] eparch is [[Călin Ioan Bot]].

==List of Eparchs<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlugj.html ''Catholic Hierarchy'' page]</ref>==
*[[Alexandru Dobra]] (16 Nov 1854 – 13 Apr 1870) 
*[[Ioan Olteanu]] (29 Nov 1870 – 22 Dec 1873) 
*[[Victor Mihaly de Apșa]] (21 Dec 1874 – 18 Mar 1895)
*Dumitru Radu (3 Dec 1896 – 25 Jun 1903) 
*[[Vasile Hossu (bishop of Gherla)|Vasile Hossu]] (25 Jun 1903 – 16 Dec 1911) 
*[[Valeriu Traian Frențiu]] (14 Dec 1912 – 25 Feb 1922)
*[[Alexandru Nicolescu]] (25 Feb 1922 – 29 Aug 1936) 
*[[Ioan Bălan]] (29 Aug 1936 – 4 Aug 1959)
*[[Ioan Ploscaru]] (14 Mar 1990 – 30 Nov 1995)
*[[Alexandru Mesian]], coadjutor (20 Jul 1994 – 30 Nov 1995)
*[[Alexandru Mesian]] (30 Nov 1995 – 11 Mar 2023)
*[[Călin Ioan Bot]], Auxiliary Bishop, Archiepiscopal Administrator (16 Mar 2023 - 15 Jun 2023)
*[[Călin Ioan Bot]] (15 Jun 2023 - )

==References==
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{{Romanian Catholic Church Hierarchy}}
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