Nicodim Munteanu

Life

Born

6 December 1864

Monastic tonsure

1894

Ordained deacon

1894

Ordained priest

1896

Made archimandrite

1898

Consecrated bishop

24 May 1909

Made metropolitan

23 January 1935

Became patriarch

30 June 1939

Died

27 February 1948

Sees

1. 24 May 1909 – 18 February 1912

   Bishop of Bacău

   Vicar of Moldova · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 18 February 1912 – 31 December 1923

   Bishop of Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 1918 – 1919

   Locum tenens of Chișinău and Hotin

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 31 December 1923 – 23 January 1935

   Former Bishop of Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

5. 23 January 1935 – 30 June 1939

   Metropolitan of Moldova

   Patriarchate of Romania

6. 30 June 1939 – 27 February 1948

   Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 24 May 1909 by:

• Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja consecrated 24 May 1909
2. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 6

• 22 July 1923Cosmas Petrovici Bishop of the Lower Danube, 1873–1948
• 31 May 1936Nicholas Colan Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1893–1967
• 1 June 1936Nicholas Popoviciu Bishop of Oradea, 1903–1960
• 25 March 1938Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949
• 13 December 1943Atanasie Dincă Bishop of Bârlad, 1896–1973
• 19 December 1943Joseph Gafton Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1896–1984

Sources

• wikidata.org

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