Adrian Hrițcu

Life

Born

22 February 1926

Monastic tonsure

1950

Ordained deacon

1951

Ordained priest

6 January 1958

Made archimandrite

18 December 1965

Consecrated bishop

27 January 1974

Made archbishop

16 November 1982

Retired

30 April 1992

Died

23 February 2013

Sees

1. 27 January 1974 – 16 July 1980

   Bishop of Botoșani

   Vicar of Iași · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 16 July 1980 – 16 November 1982

   Bishop of Botoșani

   Vicar of Central and Western Europe · Patriarchate of Romania

3. 16 November 1982 – 30 April 1992

   Archbishop of Central and Western Europe

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 30 April 1992 – 23 February 2013

   Former Archbishop of Central and Western Europe

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 27 January 1974 by:

• Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977
• Eftimie Luca Archbishop of Roman and Bacău, 1914–2014
• Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Adrian Hrițcu Former Archbishop of Central and Western Europe consecrated 27 January 1974
2. Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977 consecrated 12 August 1945
3. Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949 consecrated 25 March 1938
4. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
5. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 15 March 1998Joseph Pop Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, b. 1966
• 7 May 2005Mark Alric Bishop of Neamț, b. 1958

Sources

Also in: Wikidata