Statistics on the places of worship of Romania

In 2003 the program of recording the places of worship in Romania started. In April 2014, the database of the places of worship included more than 18,425 locations, as follows:

12,96870.22%Orthodox
1,1366%Roman-Catholic
9655.27%Reformed
1,2756.92%Baptist
7754.25%Adventist
5042.75%Evanghel (Lutheran + C.A.+ S.P.)
1680.92%Old Rite Orthodox
930.50%Mosaic
790.44%Muslim
2711.45%Graeco-Catholic
1410.77%Unitarian (Evanghel Rite)
70.03%Armenian-Gregorian
720.34%Jehovah's Witnesses
18,429100.00%TOTAL

Of these the distribution of the places of worship on counties goes as follows:

ALBA593HARGHITA237
ARGEŞ599ILFOV215
ARAD631IALOMIŢA220
BUCUREŞTI310IAŞI636
BACĂU666MEHEDINŢI267
BIHOR709MARAMUREŞ540
BISTRIŢA NĂSĂUD412MUREŞ557
BRĂILA159NEAMŢ539
BOTOŞANI484OLT430
BRAŞOV337PRAHOVA589
BUZĂU538SIBIU445
CLUJ835SĂLAJ466
CĂLĂRAŞI211SATU MARE401
CARAŞ SEVERIN299SUCEAVA684
CONSTANŢA149TULCEA72
COVASNA339TIMIŞ641
DÂMBOVIŢA455TELEORMAN431
DOLJ455VÂLCEA367
GORJ380VRANCEA432
GALAŢI290VASLUI516
GIURGIU252
HUNEDOARA629TOTAL18429

We mention that this inventory is far from being completed and we hope that next year we will be able to continue this record on a national level. The Romanian Orthodox Church, represented by the Orthodox places of worship, accounts for 70% of all the places of worship under the current inventory, while 30% represent the places of worship officially recognized in Romania.

The Romanian Orthodox Church is administratively divided into 5 Metropolitan seats that include:
- the Metropolitan Seat of Muntenia and Dobrudja (counties: Argeş, Bucureşti, Braşov, Buzău, Călăraşi, Constanţa, Dâmboviţa, Galaţi, Giurgiu, Ilfov, Ialomiţa, Prahova, Tulcea, Teleorman, Vrancea)
- the Metropolitan Seat of Oltenia (Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinţi, Olt, Vâlcea)
- the Metropolitan Seat of Banat (Arad, Hunedoara, Caraş Severin, Timiş)
- the Metropolitan Seat of Ardeal, Covasna and Harghita (Braşov, Covasna, Harghita, Sibiu)
- the Metropolitan Seat of Cluj, Alba, Crişana and Maramureş (Alba, Bihor, Bistriţa Năsăud, Cluj, Maramureş, Mureş, Sălaj, Satu Mare)
- the Metropolitan Seat of Moldova and Bucovina (Bacău, Botoşani, Iaşi, Neamţ, Suceava, Vaslui).