Nicholas Popoviciu

Life

Born

29 January 1903

Ordained deacon

1 June 1929

Ordained priest

23 November 1934

Monastic tonsure

1936

Consecrated bishop

1 June 1936

Died

20 October 1960

Sees

1. 1 June 1936 – 20 October 1960

   Bishop of Oradea

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 1 June 1936 by:

• Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948
• Nicholas Bălan Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1882–1955
• Bartholomew Stănescu Bishop of Râmnic, 1875–1954
• Ghenadie Niculescu Bishop of Buzău, 1874–1942
• Andrew Magieru Bishop of Arad, 1891–1960
• John Stroia Bishop of the Armed Forces, 1865–1937
• Basil Stan Bishop of Maramureș, 1875–1945

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 2 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nicholas Popoviciu Bishop of Oradea consecrated 1 June 1936
2. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
3. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895