Epifanie Norocel

Life

Born

14 December 1932

Ordained deacon

1953

Ordained priest

1968

Consecrated bishop

9 November 1975

Made archbishop

18 June 2009

Died

7 January 2013

Sees

1. 9 November 1975 – 1982

   Bishop of Tomitanul

   Vicar of Tomis · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1982 – 18 June 2009

   Bishop of Buzău

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 18 June 2009 – 7 January 2013

   Archbishop of Buzău

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 9 November 1975 by:

• Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977

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. Epifanie Norocel Archbishop of Buzău consecrated 9 November 1975
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 5

• 20 January 1980Basil Costin Archbishop of Târgoviște, 1938–1999
• 1991Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina, b. 1959
• 2 February 1994Vincent Grifoni Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași, b. 1954
• 22 March 1994Teodosie Petrescu Archbishop of Tomis, b. 1955
• 25 March 2001Sebastian Bishop of Slatina and Romanaţi, b. 1966

Sources

• wikidata.org

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