Daniel Ciobotea

Life

Born

22 July 1951

Monastic tonsure

1987

Consecrated bishop

March 1990

Made metropolitan

June 1990

Became patriarch

30 September 2007

Sees

1. March 1990 – June 1990

   Vicar Bishop of Timișoara

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. June 1990 – 30 September 2007

   Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 30 September 2007 – present

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

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated March 1990 by:

• Nestor Vornicescu Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1927–2000
• Nicolae Corneanu Metropolitan of Banat, 1923–2014
• Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, b. 1936

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. Daniel Ciobotea Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja consecrated March 1990
2. Nicolae Corneanu Metropolitan of Banat, 1923–2014 consecrated 15 January 1961
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 15

• 1 September 1990Peter Păduraru Metropolitan of Bessarabia, b. 1946
• 2 September 1990Vincent Morar Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, b. 1953
• 1991Teofan Savu Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina, b. 1959
• 25 March 1991Calinic Dumitriu Bishop of Botoșani, b. 1957
• 7 February 1993Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• 21 November 1999Cornelius Onilă Bishop of Huși, b. 1966
• 11 May 2003Sofian Pătrunjel Bishop of Brașov, b. 1970
• 7 May 2005Mark Alric Bishop of Neamț, b. 1958
• 14 November 2009Emilian Nica Bishop of Crișana, b. 1972
• 20 December 2009Varlaam Merticariu Bishop of Ploiești, b. 1960
• 24 May 2014Anthony Telembici Bishop of Bălţi, b. 1963
• 29 May 2014Ieronim Crețu Bishop of Dacia Felix, b. 1959
• 30 October 2014Timothy Aioanei Bishop of Prahova, b. 1966
• 26 May 2018Benjamin Goreanu Bishop of Southern Bessarabia, b. 1975
• 20 July 2023Paisie Teodorescu Bishop of Sinaia, b. 1972

Sources

Also in: Wikidata