Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 37. (2017)
Răzvan Mihai Neagu: Consideraţii pe marginea vieţii şi activităţii protopopilor greco – catolici de Turda in prima jumătate a secolului al XX-lea
Marisia XXXVII Consideratii pe marginea vietii §i activitätii protopopilor greco - catolici de Turda in prima jumätate a secolului al XX-lea Rázván Mihai NEAGU* Considerations regarding the life and activity of the greek - cathoioc archpriest of Turda in the first half of the twentieth century Abstract The issue of the Greek-Catholic archpriest parish district and archpriests of Turda is a less tackled topic both in general as in the local historiography. The present paper has the purpose of bring new information and interpretations on this topic, as well as recovering a forgotten part of the confessional history of the town of Turda. The Greek-Catholic archpriest parish district of Turda is one of the oldest presbyteriaI units of the Romanian United Church. Its emergence coincides with unification moment of a part from the Transylvania’s Romanian believers withe Rome. Thus, at the synod of 14th of September 1700, the archpriest Pascu from Turda was signing, together with the 28 priests subordinated to him, the documents that consented to the religious union with Rome. This way came into existence the Greek-Catholic archpriest parish district of Turda, which along history has been an important landmark in the evolution of the Romanian community from this region. The Greek-Catholic archpriests of Turda were remarkable personalities of the local community and beyond, bringing their valuable contribution to its development. The distinguished united clerics had a thorough specialized training acquired at the schools of Blaj. Key-words: Turda, the confessional history, the Romanian United Church, the schools of Blaj Preliminarii Problematica protopopilor greco-catolici de Turda este un subiect mai putin abordat atät ín istoriografia generálé, cat §i ín cea localá. Acest material í§i propune sä aducä informatii §i interpretari női despre acest subiect, precum §i sä recupereze о parte uitatá a istoriei confesionale a ora§ului Turda. Protopopiatul greco-catolic Turda este una dintre cele mai vechi unitáti protopresbiteriale din cadrul Bisericii Unite. Aparitia sa coincide cu momentul unirii unei párti a credincio§ilor romani din Transilvania cu Roma. Astfel, la sinodul din 14 septembrie 1700 protopopul Pascu din Turda í§i punea semnátura ímpreuná cu cei 28 de preoti din subordinea sa pe actele care consfiinteau unirea cu Roma. ín acest mod s-а inaugurat existente protopopiatului greco-catolic de Turda, care de-а lungul istoriei a scris о paginä importantä ín evolutia comunitätii romane§ti din aceste tinuturi. De§i nu §tim care erau localitätile din subordinea sa, protopopul avea competente jurisdictionalá peste 28 de a§ezári* 1. Consideräm cá evolutia organizatoricá a protopopiatului greco-catolic de Turda a avut douá faze distincte: etapa de debut (sec. al XVIII-lea-prima jumätate a secolului al XlX-lea) §i etapa de consolidare §i stabilizare (a doua jumätate a secolului al XlX-lea- sec. al XX-lea). Primele date clare despre structura internä a protopopiatului provin din actele conscriptiei realizatá in anul 1733 de cätre episcopul Inocentiu Micu Klein. Potrivit * Profesor doctor, Colegiul Tehnic Turda; e-mail neagurazvan10@yahoo.com 1 loan Micu-Moldovan, Acte sinodali ale baserecei románé de Alb’a lulia §i Fagarasiu, tomu II, Blasiu, 1872, p. 118; §ematismul veneratului der al Archidiecesei Metropolitane Greco-Catolice Romane de Alba lulia §i Fägära§, pre anul Domnului 1900 de la Santa Unire 200, Blaj, Tipográfia Seminarului Archidiecesan, p. 580 (in continuare §ematism 1900). 109
