Bob Church, Cluj-Napoca

The Bob church (Romanian: Biserica Bob din Cluj, Hungarian: Bob utcai görög katolikus templom) is the first Greek-Catholic church that was built in 1803 in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, at that time part of the Austrian Empire. The name of the church comes from the Romanian noble Ioan Bob, later bishop of the Romanian Greek-Catholic church, who paid for the construction of the church.

Bob Church
Biserica Bob
Cluj-Napoca Bob Church
Religion
AffiliationRomanian Greek-Catholic
DistrictEparchy of Cluj-Gherla
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusChurch
Year consecrated1803
Location
LocationCluj-Napoca, Romania
Geographic coordinates46°46′07″N 23°35′15″E / 46.76861°N 23.58750°E / 46.76861; 23.58750
Architecture
Architect(s)Iosif Leder
StyleBaroque
Completed1803

On 7 August 1864, Veronica Micle married here Ștefan Micle, the future Rector of the University of Iași.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Buica-Pickering, Elena (21 April 2004). "Veronica Micle (22 aprilie 1850 – 6 august 1889)". Observatorul Cultural (in Romanian). Retrieved October 10, 2020.

Bibliography

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  • Dăianu, Elie (1906). Biserica lui Bob în Cluj. Cluj.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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