Archbishop Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes †

Deceased

Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1794		Born
1814¹	19.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Nov 1850	56.7	Selected	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
17 Feb 1851	57.0	Confirmed	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
22 Jul 1851	57.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian), Romania
16 Nov 1854	60.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
7 Sep 1867	73.5	Died	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes
Archbishop Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes
(born 5 Feb 1794, died 7 Sep 1867)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Event Place
Birth Place Abrudbánya, Eparchy of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop Oradea Mare, Eparchy of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)

a priest for 53.6 years
a bishop for 16.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Vasile Erdély †
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexandru Dobra † (1855)
Bishop Ioan Alexi † (1855)
Bishop Djordje Smičiklas † (1858)
Bishop Iosif Papp-Szilágyi † (1863)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 78051724
WikiData: Q651621

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 274
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1851, Number 39
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 41, Number 2,569

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