Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (born 22 July 1972 in
Pișcolt
Pișcolt ( hu, Piskolt, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a Communes of Romania, commune of 3,285 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Pișcolt, Resighea (''Reszege'') and Scărișoara Nouă ('' ...
,
Satu Mare County
Satu Mare County ( ro, Județul Satu Mare, ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', i ...
,
Romania
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) is a
Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch as the
Eparchial Bishop of Cluj-Gherla since 14 April 2021. Previously he served as the Titular Bishop of
Mariamme
Mariamme was a city in the late Roman province of Syria I, corresponding to present-day Qal'at El-Hosn or Krak des Chevaliers.
The bishopric of Mariamme is no longer a residential episcopal see and is therefore included in the Catholic Church's ...
and Curial bishop of
since 21 November 2011 until 14 April 2021.
Life
Bishop Pop, after graduation of the school education and the Biological and Chemical Lyceum, joined the Chemical Faculty of the
University of Bucharest
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in 1990, but one year later he began philosophical and theological studies in
Rome
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,
Italy
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in the Pontifical Romanian College (1991–1999), where he graduated
Pontifical Urbaniana University
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and
Pontifical Gregorian University
The Pontifical Gregorian University ( it, Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana,) is a higher education ecclesiastical school ( pontifical university) located in Rome, Italy.
The Gregorian originated as ...
.
During this time he was ordained as priest on July 23, 1995 for the
Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare
The Greek Catholic diocese of Oradea Mare is the Eparchy of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church for the area of Oradea.
It was founded in 1777, followers of the Greek Rite having been up to that time under the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop. ...
.
From 1999 until 2007 he served as vice-rector, and subsequently rector of the Romanian Greek-Catholic mission in
Paris
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,
France
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. And after that, during 2007–2011, he was a Rector of the Pontifical Romanian College (''Pio Romeno'') in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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.
On November 21, 2011, he was confirmed by the
Pope Benedict XVI
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as an Curial Bishop of the
and
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Mariamme
Mariamme was a city in the late Roman province of Syria I, corresponding to present-day Qal'at El-Hosn or Krak des Chevaliers.
The bishopric of Mariamme is no longer a residential episcopal see and is therefore included in the Catholic Church's ...
. On December 8, 2011, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal
Leonardo Sandri
Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since November 2007 and vice dean of the College of Cardinals since January 2020. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Chu ...
, Prefect of the
Congregation for the Oriental Churches
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and other hierarchs of the
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church or Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic ( la, Ecclesia Graeco-Catholica Romaniae; ro, Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the ...
.
References
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1972 births
Living people
People from Satu Mare County
Pontifical Urban University alumni
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishops
21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Eastern Catholic bishops in Romania