Basil Costin

Life

Born

7 July 1938

Ordained deacon

1973

Monastic tonsure

1974

Ordained priest

1974

Made archimandrite

5 January 1974

Consecrated bishop

20 January 1980

Made archbishop

3 September 1991

Died

29 October 1999

Sees

1. 20 January 1980 – 3 September 1991

   Bishop of Târgoviște

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Romania · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 3 September 1991 – 29 October 1999

   Archbishop of Târgoviște

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 20 January 1980 by:

• Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007
• Nicholas Mladin Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1914–1986
• Nestor Vornicescu Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1927–2000
• Antim Nica Archbishop of the Lower Danube, 1908–1994
• Emilian Birdaș Bishop of Caransebeș, 1921–1996
• Roman Stanciu Bishop of Ialomiţa, 1921–1994
• Epifanie Norocel Archbishop of Buzău, 1932–2013

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. Basil Costin Archbishop of Târgoviște consecrated 20 January 1980
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 3

• 1986Nifon Mihăiţă Metropolitan of Târgoviște, b. 1944
• 1991Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina, b. 1959
• 22 March 1994Teodosie Petrescu Archbishop of Tomis, b. 1955