Ioan Șișeștean
Ioan Șişeştean (born June 11, 1936 in Șişeşti , Județul Maramureş ; † April 12, 2011 in Baia Sprie ) was the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Maramureş .
Life
Ioan Șişeştean studied alongside his work in the city library, as an assistant teacher and factory worker theology and was secretly ordained a priest on March 13, 1972 by the Bishop of Maramureş, Ioan Dragomir . In 1990 he became a pastor in his home village Șişeşti. With the reopening of the Greek Catholic Theological Institute "Alexandru Rusu" in Baia Mare , he became a professor of dogmatic theology .
On July 20, 1994, he was elected Bishop of Maramureș by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church and confirmed by Pope John Paul II . The episcopal ordination on September 11 of the same year donated him the archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia , Lucian Mureşan ; Co- consecrators were Alexandru Mesian , then coadjutor bishop of Lugoj , and Virgil Bercea , then auxiliary bishop in Făgăraş and Alba Iulia.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Lucian Mureșan |
Bishop of Maramureș 1994-2011 |
Vasile Bizau |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Șișeștean, Ioan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian Bishop of Maramureș |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Șișești |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Baia Sprie |