Atanasie Dincă

Life

Born

22 December 1896

Monastic tonsure

1915

Consecrated bishop

13 December 1943

Retired

11 March 1948

Died

6 January 1973

Sees

1. 13 December 1943 – 11 March 1948

   Bishop of Bârlad

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 11 March 1948 – 6 January 1973

   Former Bishop of Bârlad

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 13 December 1943 by:

• Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948
• Benjamin Bishop of Ploiești
• Galaction Bishop of Silistra

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 2 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Atanasie Dincă Bishop of Bârlad consecrated 13 December 1943
2. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
3. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 19 December 1943Joseph Gafton Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1896–1984
• 1947Paul Şerpe Bishop of Ploiești, 1897–1978