Ioan Alexi
Ioan Alexi (* 24. June 1800 in Malade , County Kraszna , Transylvania ; † 23. June 1863 in Szamosújvár , County Cluj , Transylvania) was Romanian Greek Catholic Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamosujvár ( German : Neuschloss / Armenian city ).
Life
The farmer's son Ioan Alexi attended elementary school in his hometown. After graduating from high school, he entered the seminary in Großwardein . On 23 October 1825 he became a deacon and seven days later, on 30 October by Bishop Samuil Vulcan for priests ordained. After studying in Vienna , he became secretary to Bishop Vulcan in 1831. From 1835 he worked for two years as a pastor in the parish pastoral care. In 1837 he was appointed honorary professor.
With an imperial decree of March 17, 1854 he was appointed the first bishop of the newly created diocese of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár. Pope Pius IX confirmed the appointment on November 16, 1854. On October 28, 1855 he was ordained bishop in the cathedral of Blaj by Alexandru Sterca Șuluțiu de Kerpenyes , the archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia . Co- consecrators were Vasile Erdely , Bishop of Oradea, and Bishop Angelo Parsi , Vicar Apostolic of Wallachia . On September 7, 1856 he was installed in his diocese.
He began to set up an administration, which was very difficult in the new diocese because it was divided into two parts, one part in Hungary and the other part in Transylvania . Until his own seminary was established, he sent the young clergy to Blaj to study. He established a theological academy in 1859, which he headed as director. He ordered that the matriculation books (baptism, marriage, death), which had previously been kept in Cyrillic script, were to be kept in Latin script from January 1, 1858. He replaced the celebration of the Slavic liturgy and performed the Latin rite according to the corresponding, printed missiles . After the abolition of serfdom ( Revolution 1848–1849 ) he campaigned for the school education of children, for instruction in schools he had a catechism printed.
Bishop Ioan Alexi died on June 29, 1863, suffering from lung disease and was buried in the cemetery in Gherla .
Works
- Grammatica Daco-Romana sive Valachica , Vienna 1826
Web links
- Entry on Ioan Alexi on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Ioan Alexi on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Annuario Pontificio, year 1858
- ^ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Number 16.847
- ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, page 123
- ^ Sylvester Augustinus and Fr Clemente Prunduș Plăianu Catholicism and Orthodoxy Romanian - Brief History of the Romanian Church Christian Life Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1994
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár 1854–1863 |
Ioan Vancea |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alexi, Ioan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian Greek Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mălădia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1863 |
| Place of death | Gherla |