John Selejan

Life

Born

14 November 1951

Ordained deacon

6 August 1990

Ordained priest

15 August 1990

Made archimandrite

1994

Consecrated bishop

9 July 1994

Made metropolitan

28 December 2014

Sees

1. 9 July 1994 – 28 December 2014

   Bishop of Covasna and Harghita

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 28 December 2014 – present

   Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 9 July 1994 by:

• Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005
• Nestor Vornicescu Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1927–2000
• Vincent Grifoni Bishop of Slobozia and Călărași, b. 1954
• Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj, b. 1949
• Calinic Argatu Archbishop of Argeș and Muscel, b. 1944
• Emilian Birdaș Bishop of Caransebeș, 1921–1996
• John Mihălțan Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, 1926–2008

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. John Selejan Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat consecrated 9 July 1994
2. Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005 consecrated 27 December 1970
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 4

• 15 August 1998Basil Flueraș Bishop, b. 1948
• 14 July 2002Nicholas Condrea Metropolitan of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Canada, b. 1967
• 15 August 2008Andrew Moldovan Bishop of Covasna and Harghita, b. 1967
• 7 June 2015Hilarion Urs Bishop of Făgăraș, b. 1955

Sources

Also in: Wikidata