Bucharest Bărăția Church, Roman Catholic church in Bucharest, Romania

Bărăția Church is a Roman Catholic church on I. C. Brătianu Boulevard in central Bucharest, next to Piața Unirii. The present building dates from 1848, when it was rebuilt after the 1847 fire; it is a historic monument in Sector 3. Its large bell was cast in 1855.

Franciscan friars built a wooden church near the early settlements on the site of present-day Bucharest in 1314, mainly for Italian merchants travelling to the Byzantine Empire. A stone church was constructed in 1629–1633 by friars from the Province of Bulgaria. Repairs funded by Leopold I (1,500 ducats) and Nicholas Mavrocordatos (280 ducats) were completed in 1741. After the 1847 fire, the Imperial House of Vienna gave 4,000 guilders for reconstruction, finished in 1848.

The name Bărăția comes from the Hungarian word barát, of Slavic origin, meaning "brother" or "monk", and was once used in old Romanian for several Catholic churches. Masses are held three times on weekdays and six times on Sunday, including in Hungarian and German for the city's minorities.

The church stands on Bulevardul I. C. Brătianu beside Piața Unirii, in Sector 3; the parish office is at Str. Bărăției 27. Mass is held three times on weekdays and six times on Sunday, with services in Hungarian and German for the city's minorities. Plan a visit outside those times to see the interior without disturbing worshippers.

The main bell was cast in 1855 with direct financial support from Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, an extraordinary gesture that highlighted the church's international connections. This patronage illustrates how European rulers took personal interest in supporting Catholic institutions across their cultural sphere.