Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Iaşi Romania was established on 27 June 1884. A diocese had been set up at Siret by Pope Urban V in 1370 due to work done by Franciscans and Dominicans; its seat was transferred to Bacău at the beginning of the 15th century. Abandoned in 1497 due to Muslim persecutions the See of Bacău was re-established in 1611 and had a succession of twenty prelates until 1789 when it was suppressed.
