Teofil Herineanu

Life

Born

11 November 1909

Monastic tonsure

20 July 1949

Consecrated bishop

21 August 1949

Made archbishop

19 June 1973

Died

3 November 1992

Sees

1. 21 August 1949 – 19 December 1957

   Bishop of Roman and Huși

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 19 December 1957 – 19 June 1973

   Bishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 19 June 1973 – 3 November 1992

   Archbishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 21 August 1949 by:

• Nicholas Bălan Archbishop of Alba Iulia and Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1882–1955
• Firmilian Marin Metropolitan of Oltenia, 1901–1972
• Joseph Gafton Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1896–1984

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. Teofil Herineanu Archbishop of Vad, Feleacu and Cluj consecrated 21 August 1949
2. Joseph Gafton Bishop of Râmnic and Argeș, 1896–1984 consecrated 19 December 1943
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 1

• 27 December 1970Basil Coman Bishop of Oradea, 1912–1992