Nicholas Colan

Life

Born

28 November 1893

Ordained deacon

October 1934

Ordained priest

October 1934

Consecrated bishop

31 May 1936

Made metropolitan

23 May 1957

Died

15 April 1967

Sees

1. 31 May 1936 – 23 May 1957

   Bishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 23 May 1957 – 15 April 1967

   Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 31 May 1936 by:

• Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948
• Nicholas Bălan Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1882–1955
• Bartholomew Stănescu Bishop of Râmnic, 1875–1954
• Ghenadie Niculescu Bishop of Buzău, 1874–1942
• Andrew Magieru Bishop of Arad, 1891–1960
• John Stroia Bishop of the Armed Forces, 1865–1937
• Basil Stan Bishop of Maramureș, 1875–1945

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. Nicholas Colan Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania consecrated 31 May 1936
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 1

• 15 March 1956Justin Moisescu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1910–1986