Florentin Crihălmeanu
The Right Reverend Florentin Crihalmeanu | |
|---|---|
Auxiliary Bishop of Cluj-Gherla | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 September 1990 |
| Consecration | 6 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1959 |
| Died | 12 January 2021 (aged 61) Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
Florentin Crihălmeanu (17 September 1959 – 12 January 2021) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch.
Life
Born in
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
- ^ (in Romanian) PS Florentin Crihălmeanu at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed May 28, 2012
- ^ (in Romanian) Horea Stoica, “A murit episcopul Florentin Crihălmeanu, infectat cu Covid-19”, Știri de Cluj; January 12, 2021
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