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Florentin Crihălmeanu

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The Right Reverend

Florentin Crihalmeanu
Greek Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla
ChurchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
DioceseGreek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla
Appointed18 July 2002
Term ended12 January 2021
PredecessorGeorge Guţiu
SuccessorClaudiu-Lucian Pop
Other post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Cluj-Gherla
Orders
Ordination9 September 1990
Consecration6 January 1997
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born(1959-09-17)17 September 1959
Died12 January 2021(2021-01-12) (aged 61)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
NationalityRomanian

Florentin Crihălmeanu (17 September 1959 – 12 January 2021) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch.

Life

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Born in Iași to a Greek-Catholic father and a Roman Catholic mother, he graduated from high school in Cluj-Napoca in 1978. He performed his military service in Turda in 1978–79. In 1984, he graduated from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, working as an engineer until 1990 first in Bistrița and then in Cluj-Napoca. He began private theological lessons in 1986 and was ordained priest in September 1990, following the collapse of the communist regime and legalization of the church. Sent to Rome to deepen his studies, he took degrees in Theology in 1992 and 1994 from the Pontifical Urbaniana University. Upon returning to Romania, he taught courses at the seminary in Cluj-Napoca and at Babeș-Bolyai University. He was named auxiliary bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese in November 1996, with his consecration taking place the following January, performed by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica. In 2002, he became Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, succeeding George Guțiu.[1]

Crihălmeanu died of COVID-19 in January 2021, at the age of 61, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[2]

References

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  1. ^ (in Romanian) PS Florentin Crihălmeanu at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed May 28, 2012
  2. ^ (in Romanian) Horea Stoica, “A murit episcopul Florentin Crihălmeanu, infectat cu Covid-19”, Știri de Cluj; January 12, 2021
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