Silvester Bălăşescu

Life

Born

16 July 1838

Monastic tonsure

1854

Ordained deacon

1859

Ordained priest

1866

Made archimandrite

1876

Consecrated bishop

1879

Died

25 November 1900

Sees

1. 1879 – 1886

   Bishop of Pitești

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1886 – 25 November 1900

   Bishop of Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 1879. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 25 March 1895Nifon Niculescu Bishop of the Lower Danube, 1858–1923
• 4 July 1899Calist Ialomiţeanu Bishop of Argeș, 1860–1917