Samuil Vulcan
Samuil Vulcan (born October 1760 in Blaj ( German : Blasendorf , ung: Balázsfalva ), Transylvania , Romania ; † December 25, 1839 in Oradea ) was Bishop of Oradea Mare (Großwardein) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church .
Life
Samuil (Samuel) Vulcan attended elementary school and secondary school, studied at the Academy in Oradea , went to Vienna to study theology and was ordained a priest in 1784 . In 1785 he went to Lemberg for further studies . In 1790 he became a member of the cathedral chapter in Oradea. On September 12, 1806 he was elected Bishop of Oradea. This choice was confirmed on March 23, 1807 by Pope Pius VII . He was ordained bishop on June 7, 1807 by Ioan Bob , the bishop of Făgăraş . He completed the cathedral church in Oradea, founded a Greek-Catholic high school in 1836, he was royal advisor.
He died on December 25, 1839, and was buried in the new cathedral.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Vulkan, Samuel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 52nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1885, p. 33 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Samuil Vulcan on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
- Entry on Samuil Vulcan on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Romanian Catholicism and Orthodoxy - Brief History of the Romanian Church United Ierom. Sylvester Augustinus and Fr Clemente Prunduș Plăianu, Christian Life Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1994
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Ignatie Darabant |
Bishop of Großwardein 1806–1839 |
Vasile Erdely |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vulcan, Samuil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian priest, Bishop of Oradea |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1760 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Blaj |
DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1839 |
Place of death | Oradea |