The
Roman Catholic Church (, , ) in
Romania is a
Latin Rite Christian church, part of the worldwide
Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the
Pope and
Curia in
Rome. Its administration is centered in
Bucharest, and comprises two
archdioceses and four other
dioceses. It is the second largest Romanian denomination after the
Romanian Orthodox Church, and one of the 16 state-recognized religions. Overall data for 2011 indicated that there were 870,774 Romanian citizens adhering to the
Roman Catholic Church (4.3% of the population). Of these, the largest groups were
Hungarians (approx. 500,000),
Romanians (approx. 300,000),
Germans (approx. 20,000) and
Slovaks (approx. 9,000).