Basil Coman

Life

Born

25 December 1912

Ordained priest

1936

Monastic tonsure

21 December 1970

Consecrated bishop

27 December 1970

Died

10 July 1992

Sees

1. 27 December 1970 – 10 July 1992

   Bishop of Oradea

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 27 December 1970 by:

• Nicholas Mladin Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1914–1986
• Teofil Herineanu Archbishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj, 1909–1992
• Visarion Aștileanu Bishop of Arad, Feleacu, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, 1914–1984

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Pimen Georgescu; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Basil Coman Bishop of Oradea consecrated 27 December 1970
2. Teofil Herineanu Archbishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj, 1909–1992 consecrated 21 August 1949
3. Joseph Gafton Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1896–1984 consecrated 19 December 1943
4. Nicodim Munteanu Patriarch of Romania, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobruja, 1864–1948 consecrated 24 May 1909
5. Pimen Georgescu Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldova, 1853–1934 consecrated 2 February 1895

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 2 December 1984Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, b. 1936
• 4 February 1990John Mihălțan Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, 1926–2008