Samuil Vulcan
Samuil Vulcan | |
|---|---|
| Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare | |
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| Church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 25 March 1807 |
| Term ended | 25 December 1839 |
| Predecessor | Ignatie Darabant |
| Successor | Vasile Erdelyi |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1784 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 7 July 1807 (Bishop) by Ioan Bob |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1758 Veza, near Blaj |
| Died | 25 December 1839 |
Samuil Vulcan (1758–1839) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1806 to 1839.
Life
Samuil Vulcan was born on 1 August 1758[1] in Veza, near Blaj, Romania. He was ordained priest in 1784 and attended the Greek-Catholic college of Saint Barabara in vienna. He moved to Lviv where he became vice-rector of the seminary.
On 25 October 1806 he was designed Greek Catholic bishop of Oradea the Austrian government and so confirmed by the Vatican on 25 March 1807. Accordingly, on 7 July 1807 he consecrated Bishop by the bishop of Făgăraş, Ioan Bob in the Cathedral of Blaj. He died on 25 December 1839.
Miscellaneous
A college in the Romanian town of Beiuş is named after him.[5]
Notes
- ^ or in October 1760 according to Ritzler
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Bishop Samuel Vulcan". Catholic-hierarchy. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Samuil Vulcan". Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ Ritzler, Remigius (1968). "Magno-Varadiensis". Hierarchia catholica Medii aevi sive summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series. Vol. 7. Padua. p. 249.
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