Emilian Nica

Life

Born

12 February 1972

Monastic tonsure

15 February 1991

Ordained deacon

16 March 1991

Ordained priest

1 January 1995

Made archimandrite

29 February 2004

Consecrated bishop

14 November 2009

Sees

1. 14 November 2009 – 4 July 2017

   Bishop of Loviștea

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 4 July 2017 – present

   Bishop of Crișana

   Vicar of Arad · Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 14 November 2009 by:

• Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, b. 1951
• Irineu Popa Metropolitan of Oltenia, b. 1957
• Gherasim Cristea Archbishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1914–2014

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Emilian Nica Bishop of Crișana consecrated 14 November 2009
2. Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, b. 1951 consecrated March 1990
3. Nicolae Corneanu Metropolitan of Banat, 1923–2014 consecrated 15 January 1961
4. Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977 consecrated 12 August 1945
5. Valerian Moglan Bishop of Botoșani, 1878–1949 consecrated 25 March 1938
6. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
7. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 20 December 2009Varlaam Merticariu Bishop of Ploiești, b. 1960
• 30 October 2014Timothy Aioanei Bishop of Prahova, b. 1966
• 24 June 2018Timothy Bel Bishop of Sătmar, b. 1974
• 20 July 2023Paisie Teodorescu Bishop of Sinaia, b. 1972
• Gherontie Ciupe Bishop of Hunedoara, b. 1966