Bishop Vasile Erdély †

Deceased

Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1794³		Born
12 Nov 1820	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
2 Aug 1842	48.0	Selected	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
30 Jan 1843	48.4	Confirmed	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
11 Jun 1843	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
27 Mar 1862	67.6	Died	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Vasile Erdély
Bishop Vasile Erdély
(born 1 Aug 1794, died 27 Mar 1862)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino}

Event Place
Birth Place Makò

a priest for 41.3 years
a bishop for 18.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ioan Lemeni †
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes † (1851)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer † (1850)
Bishop Alexandru Dobra † (1855)
Bishop Ioan Alexi † (1855)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q558336

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1858
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 249
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1843, Number 24

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