Justin Hodea

Life

Born

23 June 1961

Ordained deacon

1983

Ordained priest

1984

Monastic tonsure

1985

Consecrated bishop

17 April 1994

Sees

1. 17 April 1994 – 2016

   Bishop of Sighet

   Vicar of Maramureș and Sătmar · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 2016 – present

   Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 17 April 1994 by:

• Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005
• Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• Justinian Chira Archbishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, 1921–2016
• Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj, b. 1949
• Calinic Argatu Archbishop of Argeș and Muscel, b. 1944
• John Mihălțan Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, 1926–2008
• Emilian Birdaș Bishop of Caransebeș, 1921–1996

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. Justin Hodea Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar consecrated 17 April 1994
2. Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005 consecrated 27 December 1970
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 5

• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 25 May 2008Timothy Lauran Bishop of Spain and Portugal, b. 1975
• 15 April 2018Teofil Roman Bishop of Iberia, b. 1971
• 24 June 2018Timothy Bel Bishop of Sătmar, b. 1974
• 23 February 2020Benedict Vesa Bishop of Bistriţa, b. 1984