Mihail Pavel
Mihail Pavel (born September 6, 1827 in Lénárdfalva , then in Sathmar County , Hungary , now in Romania , † June 1, 1902 ) was Bishop of Oradea Mare (Oradea) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church .
Life
Mihail Pavel, son of the teacher and church musician Konstantin Pavel and Maria geb. from Ardeleanu, attended the school in Satu Mare and the high school in Košice . He studied at the St. Barbara Institute in Vienna but had to return to his home country because of the Romanian Revolution of 1848 . He was able to continue and finish his studies in Ungvar . He was ordained a deacon on March 14, 1852 and a priest on March 21, 1852 .
On September 11, 1872, Mihail Pavel was elected Bishop of Gherla . Pope Leo XIII. confirmed this election on December 23, 1872. It was consecrated on January 26, 1873 by Ioan Vancea , the archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia in the cathedral of Blaj . On February 23, 1873 he was installed in his diocese in Gherla Cathedral . He organized the administration of the diocese and ordered parishes and deaneries.
On January 29, 1879 Mihail Pavel was elected Bishop of Oradea Mare (Großwardein) and on March 16, 1863 by Pope Leo XIII. approved. The solemn installation took place on June 8, 1879 in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Oradea. The organization of the diocese was his first task. He renovated the cathedral, built a boarding school for boys and set up a middle-class girls' school with boarding school.
Web links
- Mihail Pavel on the homepage Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea (Romanian)
- Pavel on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
- Entry on Mihail Pavel on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Şematismul Eparhiei Greco-Catolice române de Cluj-Gherla , Tipografia Diecezana, Cluj, 1947
- ↑ Catolicism şi Ortodoxie Românească - scurt istoric al Bisericii Române Unite , a Ierom. Silvestru Augustin Prunduși a Pr.Clemente Plăianu, apărută la Casa de Editură Viața Creștină, Cluj-Napoca, 1994
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ioan Olteanu |
Bishop of Großwardein 1879–1902 |
Demetriu Radu |
| Ioan Vancea |
Bishop of Gherla 1873–1879 |
Ioan Szabó |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pavel, Mihail |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian priest, Bishop of Oradea, Bishop of Gherla |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lénárdfalva |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1902 |