Teofan Savu

Life

Born

19 October 1959

Monastic tonsure

1984

Ordained deacon

1985

Ordained priest

1985

Consecrated bishop

1991

Made archbishop

2000

Sees

1. 1991 – 2000

   Bishop of Sinaia

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Romania · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 2000 – 2008

   Archbishop of Craiova and Metropolitan of Oltenia

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 2008 – present

   Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 2009

   Locum tenens of Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

5. 2014 – 2015

   Locum tenens of Roman and Bacău

   Patriarchate of Romania

6. 2017

   Locum tenens of Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 1991 by:

• Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007
• Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, b. 1951
• Basil Costin Archbishop of Târgoviște, 1938–1999
• Epifanie Norocel Archbishop of Buzău, 1932–2013
• Roman Stanciu Bishop of Ialomiţa, 1921–1994
• Cassian Crăciun Archbishop of Dunării de Jos (Lower Danube), b. 1955

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina consecrated 1991
2. Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007 consecrated 5 March 1950
3. Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977 consecrated 12 August 1945
4. Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949 consecrated 25 March 1938
5. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
6. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 12

• 2 February 1994Vincent Grifoni Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași, b. 1954
• 22 March 1994Teodosie Petrescu Archbishop of Tomis, b. 1955
• 15 March 1998Joseph Pop Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, b. 1966
• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 21 November 1999Cornelius Onilă Bishop of Huși, b. 1966
• 15 October 2000Ambrose Meleacă Bishop of Giurgiu, b. 1969
• 25 March 2001Sebastian Bishop of Slatina and Romanaţi, b. 1966
• 21 October 2001Silouan Şpan Bishop of Italy, b. 1970
• 14 July 2002Nicholas Condrea Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Canada, b. 1967
• 11 May 2003Sofian Pătrunjel Bishop of Brașov, b. 1970
• 23 July 2017Damaschin Luchian Bishop of Dorna, b. 1981
• Nichifor Horia Bishop of Botoșani, b. 1967