Archbishop Ioan Ploscaru †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1911		Born
17 Sep 1933	21.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
21 Nov 1948	37.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
21 Nov 1948	37.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis
30 Nov 1948	37.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis
14 Mar 1990	78.3	Appointed	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
20 Nov 1995	84.0	Retired	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
29 Nov 1996	85.0	Appointed	Archbishop (Personal Title)
31 Jul 1998	86.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania

MicroData Summary
Ioan Ploscaru
Archbishop Ioan Ploscaru
(born 19 Nov 1911, died 31 Jul 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Lugoj

Event Place
Birth Place Frata, Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop (In Secret), Nunciature, Chapel, Bucureşti, Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Death Place Lugoj, Eparchy of Lugoj (Romanian)
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Cathedral, Lugoj, Eparchy of Lugoj (Romanian)

a priest for 64.8 years
a bishop for 49.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bl. Valeriu Traian Frentiu †
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alexandru Theodor Cisar †
Archbishop of Bucarest {Bucureşti}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfréd Eross † (1949)
Bishop Ioan Maria Dragomir † (1949)
Bishop Iuliu Hirţea † (1949)
Lucian Cardinal Mureşan † (1990)
Bishop Vasile Hossu † (1990)
Archbishop Gheorghe Guţiu † (1990)
Bishop Alexandru Mesian † (1994)
Bishop Virgil Bercea (1994)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Frata, Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop	(In Secret), Nunciature, Chapel, Bucureşti, Archdiocese of Bucarest {Bucureşti}
Death Place	Lugoj, Eparchy of Lugoj (Romanian)
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Cathedral, Lugoj, Eparchy of Lugoj (Romanian)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/337442
VIAF: 122200666
WikiData: Q579173

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,854
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1948, Number 132
c1: CB, 13 Apr 2020
opd/auxb/loc: CB, 9 Oct 2024

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