Ioan Mețianu
Ioan Mețianu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an metsiˈanu]; May 9, 1828–February 3, 1916) was an Austro-Hungarian cleric of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Born in
While still an archpriest, Mețianu organized Romanian confessional primary schools, guided the building of churches and, in 1865, was elected to the Transylvanian Diet. While bishop of Arad, he supervised numerous primary schools, founded a girls' middle school in Arad and a boys' boarding school in Beiuș, started a diocesan printing press, launched the newsletter Biserica și școala in 1877, constructed a new building for the theological-pedagogical institute and founded an endowment for poor priests and widowed priests' wives.[1]
As metropolitan, he initiated and led building work for the new cathedral, as well as for the theological-pedagogical institute's new building. He guided the activity of this institute, of Telegraful Român newspaper and of the nearly 800 confessional primary schools in the archdiocese; and started endowments for Romanian pupils and students, or for other cultural and philanthropic purposes. In the Diet of Hungary, he belonged to both the House of Representatives and the House of Magnates, where he defended maternal-language rights in Romanian primary schools.[1]
His articles, speeches and sermons appeared in Biserica și școala and Telegraful Român.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d (in Romanian) "Ioan Mețianu" Archived 2017-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, entry in Mircea Păcurariu, Dicționarul Teologilor Români, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, Bucharest, 1996