Romania

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
23 Dec 2008	43.4	Appointed	László Bőcskei	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
23 Dec 2008	77.7	Retired	József Tempfli †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar 2009	43.6	Ordained Bishop	László Bőcskei	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
4 Apr 2010	80.7	Died	Lajos Bálint †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia
30 Oct 2010	99.6	Beatified	Bl. Szilárd István Bogdánffy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
18 Dec 2010	86.9	Died	John Bukovsky, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Russian Federation
12 Apr 2011	74.8	Died	Ioan Şişeştean †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian)
4 May 2011	72.4	Appointed	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
8 May 2011	87.1	Died	Gheorghe Guţiu †	Bishop Emeritus of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian)
11 Jun 2011	41.6	Confirmed	Vasile Bizău	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian)
3 Jul 2011	123.6	Beatified	Bl. János Scheffler †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}
23 Jul 2011	41.7	Installed	Vasile Bizău	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian)
21 Nov 2011	39.3	Appointed	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Curial Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
21 Nov 2011	39.3	Appointed	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Curial Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
8 Dec 2011	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Claudiu-Lucian Pop	Titular Bishop of Mariamme	Curial Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
18 Feb 2012	80.7	Appointed	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
18 Feb 2012	80.7	Elevated to Cardinal	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
8 Oct 2012	81.3	Installed	Lucian Mureşan	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
21 Sep 2013	74.4	Resigned	Jean-Claude Périsset	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
6 Dec 2013	75.0	Retired	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
6 Dec 2013	75.0	Retired	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
17 May 2014	126.0	Beatified	Bl. Anton Durcovici †	Bishop of Iaşi
29 May 2014	43.4	Confirmed	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian)
30 Aug 2014	43.7	Installed	Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă	Bishop of Sfântul Vasile cel Mare de Bucureşti (Romanian)
20 Jul 2015	71.6	Resigned	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
20 Jul 2015	71.6	Resigned	Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Romania
5 Dec 2015	60.0	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
25 Jan 2016	60.1	Appointed	Miguel Maury Buendía	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
2 Mar 2016	77.2	Died	Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
25 May 2016	85.1	Died	József Tempfli †	Bishop Emeritus of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}
9 Apr 2018	36.4	Appointed	Cristian Dumitru Crişan	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
16 May 2018	62.4	Appointed	József-Csaba Pál	Bishop of Timişoara
16 May 2018	75.5	Retired	Martin Roos	Bishop of Timişoara	Bishop Emeritus
6 Aug 2018	62.6	Ordained Bishop	József-Csaba Pál	Bishop of Timişoara
2 Jun 2019	119.9	Beatified	Vasile Aftenie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
	139.3	Beatified	Ioan Balan †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)
	114.4	Beatified	Titu Liviu Chinezu †	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
	144.1	Beatified	Valeriu Traian Frentiu †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
	134.3	Beatified	Iuliu Hossu †	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian)
	134.5	Beatified	Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian)
	111.4	Beatified	Ioan Suciu †	Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)

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