Irineu Mihălcescu

Life

Born

1899

Ordained deacon

1923

Ordained priest

1923

Monastic tonsure

30 October 1936

Made archimandrite

6 November 1936

Consecrated bishop

12 November 1936

Made metropolitan

29 November 1939

Retired

16 August 1947

Died

3 April 1948

Sees

1. 12 November 1936 – 28 October 1938

   Bishop of Târgoviște

   Vicar of Bucharest · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 28 October 1938 – 29 November 1939

   Bishop of Craiova

   Vicar of Bucharest · Patriarchate of Romania

3. 29 November 1939 – 16 August 1947

   Metropolitan of Moldova

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 16 August 1947 – 3 April 1948

   Former Metropolitan of Moldova

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 12 November 1936 by:

• Miron Cristea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1868–1939
• Gherontie Nicolau Bishop of Tomis, 1867–1948
• Gregory Leu Bishop of Huși, 1881–1949

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 Miron Cristea; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Irineu Mihălcescu Metropolitan of Moldova consecrated 12 November 1936
2. Miron Cristea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1868–1939 consecrated 1910

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 28 February 1938Efrem Enăchescu Metropolitan of Chișinău and Metropolitan of Bessarabia, 1893–1968
• 12 August 1945Justinian Marina Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1901–1977

Sources

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