Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara
The Diocese of Timișoara is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI.
The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by Stephen I of Hungary but it was divided in 1930, the hungarian part retained the old name even if Cenad is part of the Diocese of Timișoara. It is based in Timișoara.
The diocese covers the Romanian Banat—the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad and part of Mehedinți, of which 11.1% are Roman Catholic, with compact concentrations in the Krashovani areas near Reșița and Sânnicolau Mare. A plurality of its adherents are Hungarian, followed by Banat Swabians, Romanians, Banat Bulgarians, Croats, Slovaks and Czechs. It is subordinate to the Bucharest Archdiocese. Since 2018, its bishop is József-Csaba Pál.