Justin Moisescu

Life

Born

5 March 1910

Ordained deacon

23 February 1956

Ordained priest

26 February 1956

Monastic tonsure

8 March 1956

Consecrated bishop

15 March 1956

Made metropolitan

15 March 1956

Became patriarch

12 June 1977

Died

31 July 1986

Sees

1. 15 March 1956 – 1957

   Metropolitan of Transylvania

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1957 – 12 June 1977

   Metropolitan of Moldova and Suceava

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 12 June 1977 – 31 July 1986

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

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 15 March 1956 by:

• Firmilian Marin Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1901–1972
• Nicholas Colan Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1893–1967
• 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 3 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Justin Moisescu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja consecrated 15 March 1956
2. Nicholas Colan Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1893–1967 consecrated 31 May 1936
3. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
4. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 30 January 1972Eftimie Luca Archbishop of Roman and Bacău, 1914–2014
• 24 June 1982Pimen Zainea Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, 1929–2020
• 1986Nifon Mihăiţă Metropolitan of Târgoviște, b. 1944

Sources

• wikidata.org

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