Enthronement of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archbishop His Beatitude Lucian Muresan

Of the Four (4) Eastern Catholic Major Archiepiscopates, the Romanian Greek Catholic Church is the 2nd Church in the Byzantine Catholic Rite to be elevated, alongside Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The first Major Archbishop is His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, and Concelebrating with him is His Eminence Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Eastern Catholic Churches and different Greek Catholic Hierarchs, including His Beatitude Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Church is headed by the Major Archdiocese of Fagaras si Alba Iulia and composed of four Diocese inside Romania ( Maramures, Oradea, Cluj-Gherla and Lugoj) and one outside, directly subject to Holy See, the Romanian Greek Catholic Eparchy of St. George in Canton, Ohio in the United States. It has a 800,000 Adherents

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CURRENT EASTERN CATHOLIC MAJOR ARCHBISHOPS

HIS BEATITUDE GEORGE ALENCHERRY, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP OF ERNAKULAM-ANGAMALY OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH

HIS BEATITUDE SVIATOSLAV SHEVCHUK, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP OF KYIV-HALYCH OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

HIS BEATITUDE LUCIAN MURESAN, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP OF FAGARAS SI ALBA IULIA OF THE ROMANIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

HIS BEATITUDE CATHOLICOS MORAN MOR BASELIOS CLEEMIS THOTTUNKAL, MAJOR ARCHBISHOP CATHOLICOS OF TRIVANDRUM OF THE SYRO-MALANKARA CATHOLIC CHURCH

"In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop is a title for an hierarch to whose archiepiscopal see is granted the same jurisdiction in his autonomous (sui iuris) particular Church that an Eastern Patriarch has in his. The title is used archbishop of episcopal sees that were founded more recently than the patriarchal sees and are therefore less prestigious. Consequently, there are differences between the two offices. Major archbishops rank immediately below patriarchs in the order of precedence of the Catholic Church. Like patriarchs, major archbishops are elected by the synod of the sui iuris Church, but their election requires confirmation by the Pope, not mere notification and granting of communion required of patriarch" 

And 2 of the Largest Major Archeparchy are petitioning to the Holy See on their Elevation as Patriarchate, and until now they are not considered due to some "Ecumenical" situations, though the Ukrainian Greek Catholics named their Major Archeparch Patriarch and the way they addressed him.

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