Bishop Alexandru Mesian †

Deceased

Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1937		Born
8 May 1965	28.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
8 May 1965	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
20 Jul 1994	57.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
8 Sep 1994	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
20 Nov 1995	58.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
11 Mar 2023	86.1	Died	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

MicroData Summary for Alexandru Mesian
(WikiData: Q513752)
Bishop Alexandru Mesian (born 22 Jan 1937, died 11 Mar 2023) Bishop of Lugoj

Ad Limina - February 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ferneziu (near Baia Mare), Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Deacon (clandestinely), Cluj-Napoca, Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Priest (clandestinely), Cluj-Napoca, Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop In Front Of, Sfânta Treime, Cathedral, Blaj
Death Place Municipal, Hospital, Lugoj, Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian)

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 28.5 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Ioan Dragomir †
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ioan Dragomir †
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lucian Mureşan
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gheorghe Guţiu †
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan Ploscaru †
Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lucian Mureşan (1990)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Archbishop Alexandru Todea † (1950)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Joseph Schubert † (1950)
Titular Bishop of Ceramussa
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † (1929)
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ioan Şişeştean † (1994)
Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (2007)
Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (2011)
Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan (2020)
Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ferneziu (near Baia Mare), Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Deacon	(clandestinely), Cluj-Napoca, Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Priest	(clandestinely), Cluj-Napoca, Diocese of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop	In Front Of, Sfânta Treime, Cathedral, Blaj
Death Place	Municipal, Hospital, Lugoj, Diocese of Lugoj (Romanian)

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,364
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140
c1: CB, 13 Apr 2020
d: CB, 11 Mar 2023
od/c0/loc: CB, 17 Mar 2023
od/c0/loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 255, Additions/Corrections (front)

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