List of bishops of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia

This is a list of Bishops of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, who are the Primates of Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

Bishop of Alba Iulia

Ioan Giurgiu Patachi (1715–1727)
Ioan Inocentiu Micu-Klein (1728–1751)
Petru Pavel Aron (1752–1764)
Atanasie Rednic (1765–1772)
Grigore Maior (1772–1782)
Ioan Bob (1783–1830)
- vacant (1830–1832)
Ioan Lemeni (1832–1850)

Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu (1850–1867)
Ioan Vancea (1868–1892)
Victor Mihaly de Apșa (1893–1918)
- vacant (1918–1920)
Vasile Suciu (1920–1935)
Alexandru Nicolescu (1935–1941)
Valeriu Traian Frențiu (1941–1946) (Apostolic Administrator)
Ioan Suciu (1946–1948) (Apostolic Administrator), elevated to cardinal in pectore in 1969^[1]
- vacant (1948–1990, the church was declared illegal by the Communist regime)
Alexandru Todea (1990–1994), elevated to cardinal in 1991^[2]
Lucian Mureșan (1994–2005) (elevated as Major Archbishop and Metropolitan in 2005), elevated to cardinal in 2012^[3]

Lucian Mureșan (2005–Present) (previously, Archbishop and Metropolitan, 1994–2005), elevated to cardinal in 2012 ^[4]

^ "Consistory of April 28, 1969 (III)". Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina". GCatholic. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice. 18 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali" [Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals]. The Holy See (in Italian). Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice. 18 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2023.