Timothy Seviciu

Life

Born

4 June 1936

Ordained deacon

22 October 1961

Ordained priest

10 March 1968

Monastic tonsure

24 June 1969

Made archimandrite

6 December 1970

Consecrated bishop

2 December 1984

Made archbishop

18 June 2009

Sees

1. 2 December 1984 – 18 June 2009

   Bishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 18 June 2009 – present

   Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 2 December 1984 by:

• Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005
• Nicolae Corneanu Metropolitan of Banat, 1923–2014
• Basil Coman Bishop of Oradea, 1912–1992
• Emilian Birdaș Bishop of Caransebeș, 1921–1996
• Gherasim Cucoşel Bishop of Putna, 1924–2004

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. Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu consecrated 2 December 1984
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 7

• 4 February 1990John Mihălțan Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, 1926–2008
• 25 February 1990Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj, b. 1949
• March 1990Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, b. 1951
• 7 February 1993Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 8 July 2007Siluan Manuilă Bishop of Hungary, b. 1972
• 20 December 2009Varlaam Merticariu Bishop of Ploiești, b. 1960

Sources

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