Vincent Grifoni

Life

Born

23 August 1954

Ordained priest

1983

Monastic tonsure

1 October 1983

Ordained deacon

26 October 1983

Made archimandrite

14 June 1987

Consecrated bishop

2 February 1994

Sees

1. 2 February 1994 – 2009

   Bishop of Ploiești

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Romania · Patriarchate of Romania

2. 2009 – present

   Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 2 February 1994 by:

• Teoctist Arăpaşu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1915–2007
• Nestor Vornicescu Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1927–2000
• Epifanie Norocel Archbishop of Buzău, 1932–2013
• Nifon Mihăiţă Metropolitan of Târgoviște, b. 1944
• Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina, b. 1959

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. Vincent Grifoni Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași consecrated 2 February 1994
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 5

• 22 March 1994Teodosie Petrescu Archbishop of Tomis, b. 1955
• 9 July 1994John Selejan Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat, b. 1951
• 25 March 2001Sebastian Bishop of Slatina and Romanaţi, b. 1966
• 20 December 2009Varlaam Merticariu Bishop of Ploiești, b. 1960
• 7 March 2021Nestor Dinculeană Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara, b. 1983

Sources

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