Nicolae Corneanu

Life

Born

21 November 1923

Ordained deacon

1948

Ordained priest

1960

Consecrated bishop

15 January 1961

Made metropolitan

17 February 1962

Died

28 September 2014

Sees

1. 15 January 1961 – 17 February 1962

   Bishop of Arad

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 17 February 1962 – 28 September 2014

   Archbishop of Timișoara and Caransebeș and Metropolitan of Banat

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 15 January 1961 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. Nicolae Corneanu Metropolitan of Banat consecrated 15 January 1961
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 6

• 2 December 1984Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, b. 1936
• March 1990Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, b. 1951
• 1996Laurence Streza Metropolitan of Transylvania, b. 1947
• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 19 February 2006Paisie Gheorghe Bishop of Lugoj, b. 1971
• 8 July 2007Siluan Manuilă Bishop of Hungary, b. 1972

Sources

• wikidata.org

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