Bishop John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean

Bishop of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Jul 1955		Born
18 May 1986	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of United States of America (Romanian)
2 Jul 1993	37.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA
29 Mar 1996	40.7	Appointed	Bishop of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA
24 Aug 1996	41.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint George in Canton (Romanian), USA

MicroData Summary
John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean
Bishop John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean
(born 9 Jul 1955)
Bishop of Saint George in Canton

Event Place
Birth Place Canton, OH
Ordained Priest St. George the Martyr, Cathedral, Canton, OH, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop St. George the Martyr, Cathedral, Canton, OH, Eparchy of Saint George in Canton (Romanian)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Saint George in Canton (Romanian).

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Vasile Louis Puscas †
Titular Bishop of Leuce
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lucian Mureşan †
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk †
Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
Bishop Nicholas James Samra
Titular Bishop of Gerasa

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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Canton, OH
Ordained Priest	St. George the Martyr, Cathedral, Canton, OH, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop	St. George the Martyr, Cathedral, Canton, OH, Eparchy of Saint George in Canton (Romanian)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q999187

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,782
c1: CB, 16 May 2022
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 275, and Page 276
aadm: CB, 2 Oct 2025

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