Anthony Plămădeală

Life

Born

17 November 1926

Ordained deacon

1949

Ordained priest

1953

Consecrated bishop

27 December 1970

Made archbishop

10 January 1982

Made metropolitan

10 January 1982

Died

29 August 2005

Sees

1. 27 December 1970 – 1979

   Bishop of Ploiești

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Romania · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1979 – 10 January 1982

   Bishop of Buzău

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 10 January 1982 – 29 August 2005

   Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 27 December 1970 by:

• Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania consecrated 27 December 1970
2. Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977 consecrated 12 August 1945
3. Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949 consecrated 25 March 1938
4. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
5. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 7

• 27 January 1974Adrian Hrițcu Former Archbishop of Central and Western Europe, 1926–2013
• 2 December 1984Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, b. 1936
• 25 February 1990Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj, b. 1949
• 11 March 1990Serapheim Joantă Metropolitan of Germany and Central Europe, b. 1948
• 7 February 1993Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• 17 April 1994Justin Hodea Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, b. 1961
• 9 July 1994John Selejan Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat, b. 1951

Sources

• wikidata.org

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