Siluan Mănuilă (born 16 September 1971 as Cristian Constantin Mănuilă) is a

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of ...

. He is the bishop of the

Diocese of Gyula The Diocese of Gyula ( hu, Gyulai Román Ortodox Püspökség; ro, Episcopia Ortodoxă Română din Gyula, also or ) is the Romanian Orthodox diocese of the Romanians in Hungary. History The diocese was established in 1999 for the Romanian min ...

since 2007 and was the leader of the

Diocese of Dacia Felix The Diocese of Dacia Felix ( ro, Episcopia Daciei Felix; sr, Епархија Дакија Феликс, Eparhija Dakija Feliks) is the Romanian Orthodox diocese of the Romanians in Serbia (including Vlachs). History In 1971, the Romanian parish ...

from 2017 to 2022. He completed his

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, continuing his

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studies in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

and later in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

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. He went to

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

in 1999, after the election of

Sofronie Drincec Sofronie Drincec (born 3 November 1967 as Radu Ștefan Drincec) is a bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Life Drincec was born in Arad, Romania, and is the son of Petru Drincec and Maria Drincec. In 1986, he graduated from the Moise Nicoar ...

as bishop of the Diocese of Gyula. In 2002, Mănuilă was named

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of the

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''Adormirea Maicii Domnului'' (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) in

Körösszakál Körösszakál ( ro, Săcal) is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a sing ...

. In 2003, he was appointed

archimandrite The title archimandrite ( gr, ἀρχιμανδρίτης, archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (''hegumenos'', gr, ἡγούμενος, present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") who ...

and received the

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, and until 2007, he was the cultural assessor of the Diocese of Gyula. Mănuilă was elected bishop of the

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on 11 March 2007, taking office on 8 July. On 4 August 2014, the

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awarded him and many other bishops the Order of Cultural Merit for their efforts in getting involved in the lives of the

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in other countries (Hungary in Mănuilă's case). On 1 August 2017, Mănuilă also became leader of the Diocese of Dacia Felix in

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

due to health problems of the previous bishop,

Daniil Stoenescu Daniil (russian: Даниил) is a Russian masculine given name; equivalent to that of the English given name Daniel. Notable examples People named Daniil include: Arts and literature * Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, poet, and C ...

. He was replaced on 5 July 2022 by .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manuila, Siluan Bishops of the Romanian Orthodox Church 1971 births Living people Romanians in Hungary Romanian Orthodox Church in Hungary Romanian Orthodox Church in Serbia Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Romania) Christian clergy in Hungary