Ioan Lemeni
Ioan Lemeni (born April 23, 1780 in Dezmir , Klausenburg County , Grand Duchy of Transylvania , † March 29, 1861 in Vienna ) was Romanian-Greek Catholic Bishop of Făgăraş .
Life
The young aristocrat attended elementary school in Cluj , graduated from high school in Blasendorf and entered the seminary there in 1801 . In 1803 he moved to the seminary in Oradea, where he was ordained a deacon on September 17, 1805 and a celibate priest on October 1 of the same year . Lemeni taught philosophy and church history in Blasendorf for two years and became pastor and dean in Cluj-Napoca. On October 28, 1819, he was appointed Chapter Chapter in Cluj and October 18, 1820 Chapter in Blasendorf. In 1829 he became secretary to Bishop Ioan Bob and head of the Church History Department at the Theological Seminary.
On October 2, 1830 he was elected vicar general of the diocese of Făgăraş and on August 23, 1832 bishop of Făgăraş. Pope Gregory XVI confirmed this choice on April 15, 1833. He was consecrated on June 6, 1833 in St. Nicholas Cathedral of Oradea by Samuil Vulcan , Bishop of Oradein . On July 14, 1833 he was installed in Blaj in his diocese of Făgăraş.
Lemeni campaigned for every parish to have a primary school with a teacher and visited almost all parishes in his diocese ( canonical visits ). In 1837 he had the Blaj cathedral church expanded (nave, two choirs, two towers) and the bishopric restored.
He took part in the Romanian Revolution of 1848 . In March 1850, the governor of Transylvania , Baron Ludwig von Wohlgemuth, forced him to resign and expelled him from the country. On April 10, 1850 he went to Vienna.
He died on March 29, 1861 and was buried in the Simmering cemetery .
Web links
- Ioan Lemeni on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
- Entry on Ioan Lemeni on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, page 196.
- ↑ 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ioan Bob |
Bishop of Făgăraș 1833–1850 |
Alexandru Sterca Șuluțiu |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lemeni, Ioan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Făgăraș |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Decmir |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1861 |
| Place of death | Vienna |