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Established by the 17th century, it was moved to present-day Serbia during the 18th century, before being restored in 1865. It was dissolved in 1949 and revived in its current form in 1994.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4History and description[edit]Restoration and subsequent activity[edit]Dissolution and current incarnation[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History and description[edit]Restoration and subsequent activity[edit]    Foaia Diecezan\u0103, March 1893Bishops are attested in Caransebe\u0219 at the end of the 17th century and into the 18th, some of them Serbs, others Romanian.[1] The bishop’s residence was moved to Vr\u0161ac (V\u00e2r\u0219e\u021b) in 1775;[1] the precise date is uncertain and other sources mention 1749.[2][3] In the 1860s, under the Austrian Empire, the ethnic Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary were under the authority of the Serbian Patriarchate of Karlovci. A synod held in August\u2013September 1864 decided on their separation. The Metropolis of Transylvania was to be centered at Sibiu and led by Andrei \u0218aguna.[4] There were to be two suffragan dioceses, one at Arad and the other in Caransebe\u0219,[5] with the Serbian dioceses of Vr\u0161ac and Timi\u0219oara remaining in place.[4] The new Transylvanian synod named Ioan Popasu, archpriest at Bra\u015fov and one of \u0218aguna’s closest associates going back to 1848, the first bishop of the revived Caransebe\u0219 Diocese in March 1865. He was named bishop by Emperor Franz Joseph I in July, consecrated bishop by \u0218aguna in August and installed in October.[6]The manner of the appointment, as well as the lack of a diocese of their own at Timi\u0219oara, angered some Romanians, as exemplified by an August 1865 newspaper article protesting that the people had not been allowed to choose their own bishop.[7] However, the new diocese became a focal point of attention for the Romanian intelligentsia of the Banat, adopting as its mission the development of the cultural and spiritual well-being of Romanians living in the area.[8] Whereas the early 18th century diocese had eight districts (V\u00e2r\u0219e\u021b, Palanca Nou\u0103, Caransebe\u0219, Mehadia and Lugoj in the Banat and three in Serbia proper), the new one had eleven: Caransebe\u0219, Biserica Alb\u0103 (Bela Crkva), Boc\u0219a Montan\u0103, Buzia\u0219, Ciacova, F\u0103get, Mehadia, Oravi\u021ba, Panciova (Pan\u010devo), Lugoj and V\u00e2r\u0219e\u021b.[2] A church census of 1868 found 332,272 members in 452 parishes. About two-thirds lived in civilian areas, with the largest district at Oravi\u021ba, while the rest inhabited the Military Frontier, the largest district there being at Mehadia.[9]Popasu met with financial and administrative difficulties in the early years of his reign.[1] For instance, in 1867, he complained to \u0218aguna that after the Romanians of Biserica Alb\u0103 had separated from the Serbian parish, they were very poor after an 80-year campaign to introduce Romanian into the church and school, that the compensation from the Serbian community was only enough to buy a parcel of land, and that \u0218aguna should collect funds in his archdiocese for the building of a new church. The previous year, \u0218aguna received a letter from a group of believers informing him that several communes had gone over to the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church. This was reportedly due to the simony of the Serbian bishop at Vr\u0161ac and because the Oravi\u021ba archpriest was not respecting the fast, eating forbidden foods before the laity, and selling teaching positions. He was also notified that teachers and priests were altering liturgical words at will, replacing antiquated Slavic terms with more current Latin-based ones. While \u0218aguna supported the Latinizing trend, he also believed this should happen in an orderly fashion and with synodal approval, given that Romanian churches in Wallachia and Moldavia used the same texts and music.[10] Eventually overcoming these issues, Popasu set up a theological institute, had a bishop’s residence built, founded a publishing house and established the Foaia Diecezan\u0103 (“Diocesan Leaflet”) publication in 1886.[1] In 1869, he also set up an association for teachers at Orthodox schools in the diocese, which for nearly half a century met at least twice a year for professional development and promotion of the Romanian language.[11] Elected Metropolitan of Transylvania in 1874, he was denied recognition by the Emperor in Vienna and the government at Budapest, continuing at Caransebe\u0219 until his death in 1889.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4He was succeeded by Nicolae Popea, vicar bishop at Sibiu, who continued his predecessor’s work on the institute (for which he erected a new building), the press and the diocese’s material well-being. He took care of the religious schools in his see, leaving his entire estate to scholarships for poor students. Following his death in 1908, two bishops were elected in his stead, both denied recognition by the authorities; the third, Miron Cristea, was accepted in 1910. He undertook a committed cultural activity until leaving in 1919, following the union of Transylvania with Romania, to become Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia. Diocesan adviser Iosif Badescu followed from 1920 until his death in 1933, when the archpriest Vasile L\u0103z\u0103rescu took over, serving until 1940, when he left to head the new Timi\u0219oara Diocese. Veniamin Nistor came next, paying special attention to publishing activity and the new magazine Altarul Banatului (“Altar of the Banat”).[1]Dissolution and current incarnation[edit]  In February 1949, the new Communist regime dissolved the diocese, incorporating it into the Timi\u0219oara Archiocese; Nistor lived out his days at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. The diocese was revived in 1994, several years after the fall of the regime, the first bishop being Emilian Birda\u0219, previously vicar bishop at Arad and bishop of Alba Iulia. He started work on a new cathedral and began publishing Foaia Diecezan\u0103 and Calendarul Rom\u00e2nului (“The Romanian’s Calendar”) again. He died in 1996 and was succeeded by Lauren\u021biu Streza, who in 2005 went on to become Metropolitan of Transylvania. Lucian Mic, formerly vicar bishop of Timi\u0219oara, has led the diocese since 2006.[1]The diocese encompasses Cara\u0219-Severin County and is divided into four districts: Caransebe\u0219 (68 parishes), Re\u0219i\u021ba (50 parishes), Oravi\u021ba (56 parishes) and B\u0103ile Herculane (38 parishes).[12][13] It undertakes activities of a cultural nature that include a printing press, regular publications, religious education in schools, ministries to hospitals and prisons, a library and an archive,[14] as well as charity works.[15] It runs a high school-level theological seminary that has its roots as the Romanian section of the Vr\u0161ac seminary, founded in 1822 and moved to Caransebe\u0219 in 1865, as well as overseeing the theology faculty of Eftimie Murgu University in Re\u0219i\u021ba.[16] There are over a dozen monasteries and sketes in the diocese.[17] At Romania’s 2011 census, 226,230 residents of Cara\u0219-Severin County stated they were Orthodox, representing 83.3% of the county’s population among respondents for whom data were available.[18] The diocesan see was formerly the 18th-century Cathedral of Saint George, replaced when the Cathedral of the Resurrection was inaugurated in 2010.[19][20]^ a b c d e f g (in Romanian) History of the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ a b (in Romanian) Ovidiu Ro\u0219u, Inventar Episcopia Ortodox\u0103 Rom\u00e2n\u0103 at the National Archives of Romania site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) “C\u00e2nd s’a \u00eentemeiat ora\u0219ul Caransebe\u0219 \u0219i ce \u0219tim din trecutul lui?”, in Foaia Diecezan\u0103, Nr. 9\/1904, p.1 (digitized by the Babe\u0219-Bolyai University’s Transsylvanica Online Library)^ a b Boc\u0219an, p.259^ (in Romanian) Mircea P\u0103curariu, “Andrei \u0218aguna: str\u0103lucit ierarh al Ardealului ortodox”, in Conferin\u021bele Bibliotecii ASTRA, 9, 2008, p.\u00a012^ Boc\u0219an and Alic, p.160-61^ Boc\u0219an, p.263^ Boc\u0219an and Alic, p.160^ Boc\u0219an and Alic, p.163-64^ Boc\u0219an and Alic, p.165-66^ (in Romanian) Vasile Mircea Zaberca, “\u00centruniri ale ‘Reuniunii \u00eenv\u0103\u021b\u0103torilor rom\u00e2ni’ de la \u0219colile confesionale gr. or. din dieceza Caransebe\u0219 \u021binute \u00een Banatul S\u00e2rbesc”[permanent dead link], in the 1 Decembrie 1918 University’s Annales Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, 7, 2003, p.\u00a0303-05^ (in Romanian) Organization Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Districts Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Cultural Activity Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Social and Philanthropic Activity Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Theological Education at Caransebe\u015f through Time Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Monasteries and Sketes Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) “Popula\u021bia stabil\u0103 dup\u0103 religie  \u2013 jude\u021be, municipii, ora\u0219e, comune” Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, at the National Institute of Statistics site; accessed August 1, 2016^ (in Romanian) Saint George Cathedral Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012^ (in Romanian) Resurrection and Prophet Elijah Cathedral, Caransebe\u015f Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine at the Caransebe\u0219 Diocese site; accessed September 27, 2012References[edit](in Romanian) Nicolae Boc\u0219an and Daniel Alic, “Andrei \u015eaguna \u015fi Episcopia Caransebe\u015fului”, in the Mountainous Banat Museum’s Banatica, 19, 2009, p.\u00a0159-71(in Romanian) Nicolae Boc\u0219an, “Contribu\u021bia b\u0103n\u0103\u021benilor la restaurarea Mitropoliei Rom\u00e2ne”, in Banatica, 21, 2011, p.\u00a0249-64External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/diocese-of-caransebes-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Diocese of Caransebe\u0219 – Wikipedia"}}]}]