Benjamin Nistor

Life

Born

10 February 1866

Ordained deacon

1913

Ordained priest

15 August 1913

Made archimandrite

1940

Consecrated bishop

8 June 1941

Retired

5 February 1949

Died

5 February 1963

Sees

1. 8 June 1941 – 5 February 1949

   Bishop of Caransebeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 5 February 1949 – 5 February 1963

   Former Bishop of Caransebeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 8 June 1941 by:

• Nicholas Bălan Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1882–1955
• Basil Stan Bishop of Maramureș, 1875–1945
• Basil Lăzărescu Metropolitan of Banat, 1894–1969
• Partenie Ciopron Bishop of Roman and Huși, 1896–1980

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Miron Cristea; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Benjamin Nistor Former Bishop of Caransebeș consecrated 8 June 1941
2. Partenie Ciopron Bishop of Roman and Huși, 1896–1980 consecrated 25 September 1937
3. Visarion Puiu Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Church Abroad, 1879–1964 consecrated 25 March 1921
4. Miron Cristea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1868–1939 consecrated 1910