List of Major Archbishops of Fagaras and Alba Iulia
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This is a list of Bishops of Făgăraş and Alba Julia, who are the Primates of Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
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Bishops of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
- Ioan Giurgiu PatachiIoan Giurgiu PatachiIoan Giurgiu Patachi was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1721 to his death in 1727.-Life:...
(1715-1727) - Ioan Inocentiu Micu-KleinInocentiu Micu-KleinIaoan Inocenţiu Micu-Klein was a Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1730 to his resignation in 1751...
(1728-1751) - Petru Pavel AronPetru Pavel AronPetru Pavel Aron was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1752 to his death in 1764. He also translated the Biblia Vulgata into Romanian .-Life:...
(1752-1764) - Atanasie RednicAtanasie RednicAtanasie Rednic was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1765 to his death in 1772.-Life:...
(1765-1772) - Grigore MaiorGrigore MaiorGavrila Grigore Maior was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1773 to his resignation in 1782.-Life:...
(1772-1782) - Ioan BobIoan BobIoan Bob, was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to his death in 1830.- Life :Ioan Bob was born from a noble Romanian family in October or November 1739 in Orman, near Iclod in Kolozs County, now Romania. He attended the secondary schools by the Jesuits...
(1783-1830)- vacant (1830-1832)
- Ioan LemeniIoan LemeniIoan Lemeni was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1833 to his resignation in 1850.- Life :...
(1832-1850)
Archbishops and Metropolitans of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
- Alexandru Sterca-ŞuluţiuAlexandru Sterca-SulutiuAlexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu, also called Alexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu de Cărpiniş , was an ethnic Romanian Eastern Catholic cleric in Imperial Austrian Transylvania, and the Metropolitan of the Transylvanian Greek Catholic Church...
(1850–1867) - Ioan Vancea (1868–1892)
- Victor Mihaly de Apşa (1893-1918)
- vacant (1918–1920)
- Vasile SuciuVasile SuciuVasile Suciu was a Romanian Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia, considered to be the most important theologian of the Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania.After completing high school in Blaj, he pursued his theological studies in Rome at the ...
(1920–1935) - Alexandru Nicolescu (1882–1941)
- Valeriu Traian Frenţiu (1941–1946) (Apostolic AdministratorApostolic AdministratorAn apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...
) - Ioan Suciu (1946–1948) (Apostolic Administrator)
- vacant (1948–1990, the church was declared illegal by the Communist regimeCommunist RomaniaCommunist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
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- vacant (1948–1990, the church was declared illegal by the Communist regime
- Alexandru TodeaAlexandru TodeaAlexandru Todea was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime....
(1990–1994)
Major Archbishops and Metropolitans of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
- Lucian MureşanLucian MureşanLucian Mureşan is the Major Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and thus head of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic....
(1994-Present)