Claudiu-Lucian Pop

Major Archbishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (born 22 July 1972) is the incumbent Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. He served as the Eparchial Bishop of Cluj-Gherla from 14 April 2021 until 5 November 2025, when he was elected by the Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishops Synod as the new Romanian Greek-Catholic Major Archbishop. Previously, he served as the Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Curial bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia from 21 November 2011 until 14 April 2021.

Career Bishop Pop, after graduation of the school education and the Biological and Chemical Lyceum, joined the Chemical Faculty of the University of Bucharest in 1990, but one year later he began philosophical and theological studies in Rome, Italy in the Pontifical Romanian College (1991–1999), where he graduated Pontifical Urban University and Pontifical Gregorian University.

On 21 November 2011, he was confirmed by the Pope Benedict XVI as an Curial Bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia and Titular Bishop of Mariamme. On 8 December 2011, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and other hierarchs of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

He was elected the head of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church by the Synod of the Church on 5 November 2025 and confirmed by Pope Leo XIV at the same day, that was published by the Holy See press office on the next day.

He was enthroned as the Major Archbishop on 15 November 2025 in the Cathedral of the Holy trinity Blaj the ceremony was attended by the prefect for the Oriental Congregation Claudio Gugerotti as well as the Metropolitan of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Fulop Kocsis.