Alexandru Theodor Cisar
Alexandru Theodor Cisar (born October 21, 1892 in Bucharest , ( Romania ); † January 7, 1954 ibid) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Iași from 1920 to 1924 and Archbishop of Bucharest from 1924 to 1948 .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1892, he attended the seminary in Bucharest and in 1899 went to Rome to study theology at the Pontifical Urban University , where he was ordained priest on June 6, 1903 . On his return to Bucharest, he became secretary to Archbishop Joseph-Xavier Hornstein , prefect of the archbishop's seminary and director of the San Andreas School in Bucharest.
On April 22nd, 1920 Cisar was by Pope Benedict XV. appointed Bishop of Iași. He was ordained bishop on August 15, 1920 in St. Joseph's Cathedral by the Archbishop of Bucharest Raymund Netzhammer OSB . A week later it was installed in the Assumption Cathedral in Iași in his diocese. The diocese had more than 100,000 Catholics in 244 parishes, who were looked after by 53 priests in 5 deaneries. Each priest had between 5 and 18 congregations to care for. That is why Bishop Cisar promoted the training of priests in his diocese in order to lead as many young men as possible to the priestly profession.
After the resignation of Archbishop Raymund Netzhammer on July 14, 1924, Alexandru Theodor Cisar was on December 12, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. appointed Archbishop of Bucharest, at the same time he was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Iași until the appointment of the new Bishop Mihai Robu on July 5, 1925. The solemn enthronement of the Archbishop took place on March 22, 1925 in St. Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest. He had old churches restored and new ones built. On June 5, 1930, the Archdiocese of Bucharest was elevated to an ecclesiastical province and Archbishop Cisar became Metropolitan of the Roman Catholic Church of Romania.
Forced to resign in 1944, he was placed under house arrest in the Franciscan monastery in Orăştie ; there he consecrated Győző Simon Macalik in 1951 as auxiliary bishop of Alba Iulia . He was on April 5, 1948 co- consecrator with Anton Durcovici to the bishop of Iași and on November 30, 1948 with Ioan Ploscaru to the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Lugoj .
Alexandru Theodor Cisar died on January 7, 1954 in Bucharest and was buried in the chapel of the Bellu Catholic Cemetery in Bucharest.
Web links
- Entry on Alexandru Theodor Cisar on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 21, 2017.
- Detailed biography of Alexandru Theodor Cisar on the homepage of the Diocese of Iași (Romanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on the homepage of the Diocese of Iaşi
- ↑ Biography ( memento of October 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of the Archdiocese of Bucharest (Romanian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Raymund Netzhammer OSB |
Archbishop of Bucharest 1924–1948 |
Ioan Robu |
| Nicolae Iosif Camilli |
Bishop of Iași 1920–1924 |
Mihai Robu |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cisar, Alexandru Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Bishop of Jassy and Archbishop of Bucharest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1954 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |