Bishop Bl. Ioan Balan †

Deceased

Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Feb 1880		Born
7 Jul 1903	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Aug 1936	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
18 Oct 1936	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
4 Aug 1959	79.4	Died	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
2 Jun 2019		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Ioan Balan
Bishop Bl. Ioan Balan
(born 11 Feb 1880, died 4 Aug 1959)
Bishop of Lugoj

Event Place
Birth Place Teius, Archeparchy of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop Blaj
Death Place Bucarest

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 22.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexandru Nicolescu †
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bl. Iuliu Hossu †
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian)
Bishop Bl. Alexandru Rusu †
Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alexandru Nicolescu † (1922)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Archbishop Vasile (Basile) Suciu † (1920)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Demetriu Radu † (1897)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Archbishop Victor Mihaly de Apşa † (1875)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Archbishop Ioan Vancea (Vancsa) † (1865)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Iosif Papp-Szilágyi † (1863)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Archbishop Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes † (1851)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Vasile Erdély † (1843)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bl. Vasile Aftenie † (1940)
Bishop Bl. Ioan Suciu † (1940)
Bishop Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu † (1949)
Archbishop Ioan Chertes † (1949)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Teius, Archeparchy of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop	Blaj
Death Place	Bucarest

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/95805
VIAF: 80069539
WikiData: Q1671890

Source(s):

ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1936, Number 75

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