Gherasim Cristea

Life

Born

14 November 1914

Monastic tonsure

1937

Ordained deacon

1940

Ordained priest

27 December 1943

Consecrated bishop

27 December 1970

Made archbishop

18 June 2009

Died

9 April 2014

Sees

1. 27 December 1970 – 1975

   Bishop of Constanța

   Vicar of Dunării de Jos (Lower Danube) · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1975 – 1984

   Bishop of Pitești

   Vicar of Râmnic and Argeș · Patriarchate of Romania

3. 1984 – 18 June 2009

   Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 18 June 2009 – 9 April 2014

   Archbishop of Râmnic and Argeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 27 December 1970. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 17 November 1985Calinic Argatu Archbishop of Argeș and Muscel, b. 1944
• 7 February 1993Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 11 May 2003Sofian Pătrunjel Bishop of Brașov, b. 1970
• 14 November 2009Emilian Nica Bishop of Crișana, b. 1972

Sources

Also in: Wikidata