Teodosie Petrescu

Life

Born

12 December 1955

Monastic tonsure

December 1990

Consecrated bishop

22 March 1994

Made archbishop

21 February 2001

Sees

1. 22 March 1994 – 21 February 2001

   Bishop of Snagov

   Vicar of Bucharest · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 21 February 2001 – present

   Archbishop of Tomis

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 22 March 1994 by:

• Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007
• Basil Costin Archbishop of Târgoviște, 1938–1999
• Epifanie Norocel Archbishop of Buzău, 1932–2013
• Calinic Argatu Archbishop of Argeș and Muscel, b. 1944
• Nifon Mihăiţă Metropolitan of Târgoviște, b. 1944
• Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina, b. 1959
• Vincent Grifoni Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași, b. 1954
• Cassian Crăciun Archbishop of Dunării de Jos (Lower Danube), b. 1955

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Teodosie Petrescu Archbishop of Tomis consecrated 22 March 1994
2. Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007 consecrated 5 March 1950
3. Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977 consecrated 12 August 1945
4. Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949 consecrated 25 March 1938
5. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
6. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 7

• 15 March 1998Joseph Pop Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, b. 1966
• 15 October 2000Ambrose Meleacă Bishop of Giurgiu, b. 1969
• 25 March 2001Sebastian Bishop of Slatina and Romanaţi, b. 1966
• 20 April 2008Michael Filimon Bishop, b. 1964
• 20 December 2009Varlaam Merticariu Bishop of Ploiești, b. 1960
• 23 July 2017Damaschin Luchian Bishop of Dorna, b. 1981
• Gherontie Ciupe Bishop of Hunedoara, b. 1966

Sources

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