Ioan Bob
Ioan Bob , Latinized Joannes Babb , (born October 14, 1739 in Orman , Doboka County , Grand Duchy of Transylvania ; † October 2, 1830 in Blaj ), was the Romanian-Greek Catholic Bishop of Făgăraş .
Life
The noble son of Andrei Bob from Copalnic-Manastur and his wife nee Timandi attended elementary school in Cluj , the high school graduated with the Jesuits in Cluj. In 1764 he joined the Basilians as a novice . On December 25, 1777 he was ordained a deacon and on April 6, 1778 a religious priest.
On October 21, 1782, Emperor Joseph II appointed him Bishop of Făgăraş. This appointment was confirmed by Pope Pius VI. on December 15, 1783. He was consecrated on June 6, 1784 by his predecessor, Bishop Grigore Maior, who resigned on September 22, 1783, and on July 2 of the same year he was solemnly enthroned in his diocese. He wrote several theological books in Romanian, as well as a Romanian-Latin-Hungarian dictionary with 11,000 Romanian words ( Dictionariu romanesc, lateinesc si unguresc , 2 vols., Cluj 1822-1823).
Bishop Ioan Bob died on October 2, 1830, at the age of 91 years of merit both to the Romanian Uniate Church and to the Romanian nation.
Web links
- Entry for Ioan Bob on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Ioan Bob on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Annuario Pontificio, Year 1785
- ^ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 6, Page 218.
- ↑ Silvestru Augustin Prunduş, Clemente Plăianu Catholicism and Orthodoxy Romanian. Brief history of the Romanian United Church , Christian Life Publishing House, Cluj 1994.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Grigore Maior |
Bishop of Făgăraș 1782–1830 |
Ioan Lemeni |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bob, Ioan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Babb, Joannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Făgăraș |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orman (Cluj) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1830 |
| Place of death | Blaj |