Miron Cristea

Life

Born

20 July 1868

Ordained deacon

1900

Monastic tonsure

1902

Consecrated bishop

1910

Made archbishop

21 November 1918

Made metropolitan

1919

Became patriarch

1 November 1925

Died

6 March 1939

Sees

1. 1910 – 21 November 1918

   Bishop of Caransebeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 21 November 1918 – 18 December 1919

   Archbishop of Caransebeș

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 18 December 1919 – 1 November 1925

   Metropolitan-Primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church

   Patriarchate of Romania

4. 1 November 1925 – 6 March 1939

   Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 1910. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 6

• 16 October 1916Basil Mangra Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1850–1918
• 25 March 1921Visarion Puiu Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Church Abroad, 1879–1964
• 29 April 1923Hilarion Teodorescu Bishop of Tomis, 1867–1925
• 25 March 1926Titos Simedrea Metropolitan of Bukovina, 1886–1971
• 12 November 1936Irineu Mihălcescu Metropolitan of Moldova, 1899–1948
• 6 December 1938Emilian Antal Bishop of Târgoviște, 1894–1971

Sources

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