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The Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church (in Romanian: Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică) is a Catholic church which belongs to the Eastern Rites, and is one of the official churches of Romania. It also has a diocese in the US headed by Most Reverend John Michael Botean, DD under separate jurisdiction.
Its head since 1994 is Lucian Mureşan, whose title is Metropolitan of Romania.
Note that the Romanian Catholic Church refers to the Eastern Rite, or Greek-Catholic, system of belief. In Romania there exists a larger minority of Roman Catholics, which do not form part of the Romanian Catholic Church and adhere to the Latin Rite.
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