Valerian Trifa

Life

Born

24 June 1914

Consecrated bishop

27 April 1952

Made archbishop

7 March 1970

Retired

28 June 1984

Died

28 January 1987

Sees

1. 27 April 1952 – 1958

   Assistant Bishop of the Romanian Episcopate of the USA

   Orthodox Church in America

2. 1958 – 7 March 1970

   Bishop of the Romanian Episcopate of the USA

   Orthodox Church in America

3. 7 March 1970 – 28 June 1984

   Archbishop of the Romanian Episcopate

   Orthodox Church in America

4. 28 June 1984 – 28 January 1987

   Former Archbishop of the Romanian Episcopate

   Orthodox Church in America

Consecration

Consecrated 27 April 1952 by:

• John Theodorovich Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in North America, 1887–1971

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to John Theodorovich; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Valerian Trifa Former Archbishop of the Romanian Episcopate consecrated 27 April 1952
2. John Theodorovich Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in North America, 1887–1971 consecrated 26 October 1921

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 10 February 1973Herman Swaiko Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, 1931–2022
• 15 November 1980Nathaniel Popp Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, b. 1940

Sources

Also in: Wikidata