Andrew Andreicuț

Life

Born

24 January 1949

Ordained priest

August 1978

Consecrated bishop

25 February 1990

Made archbishop

1998

Made metropolitan

25 March 2011

Sees

1. 25 February 1990 – 1998

   Bishop of Alba Iulia

   Patriarchate of Romania

2. 1998 – 25 March 2011

   Archbishop of Alba Iulia

   Patriarchate of Romania

3. 25 March 2011 – present

   Metropolitan of Cluj

   Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 25 February 1990 by:

• Anthony Plămădeală Archbishop of Sibiu and Metropolitan of Transylvania, 1926–2005
• Timothy Seviciu Archbishop of Arad, Ienopolis and Hălmagiu, b. 1936
• Justinian Chira Archbishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, 1921–2016
• 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. Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj consecrated 25 February 1990
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 11

• 11 March 1990Serapheim Joantă Metropolitan of Germany and Central Europe, b. 1948
• 7 February 1993Bartholomew Anania Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș, 1921–2011
• 17 April 1994Justin Hodea Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, b. 1961
• 9 July 1994John Selejan Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolitan of Banat, b. 1951
• 15 March 1998Joseph Pop Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, b. 1966
• 1999Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• 11 May 2003Sofian Pătrunjel Bishop of Brașov, b. 1970
• 2 May 2008Macarie Drăgoi Bishop of Northern Europe, b. 1977
• 15 April 2018Teofil Roman Bishop of Iberia, b. 1971
• 24 June 2018Timothy Bel Bishop of Sătmar, b. 1974
• 23 February 2020Benedict Vesa Bishop of Bistriţa, b. 1984