Firmilian Marin

Life

Born

18 February 1901

Monastic tonsure

1920

Ordained deacon

21 February 1920

Ordained priest

1940

Made archimandrite

1946

Consecrated bishop

30 November 1947

Made archbishop

30 November 1947

Made metropolitan

5 February 1949

Died

29 October 1972

Sees

1. 30 November 1947 – 5 February 1949

   Archbishop of Craiova

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 5 February 1949 – 29 October 1972

   Archbishop of Craiova and Metropolitan of Oltenia

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 30 November 1947 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. Firmilian Marin Metropolitan of Oltenia consecrated 30 November 1947
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 2

• 21 August 1949Teofil Herineanu Archbishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj, 1909–1992
• 15 March 1956Justin Moisescu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1910–1986

Sources

• wikidata.org

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