Bishop Virgil Bercea

Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1957		Born
9 Dec 1982	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
20 Jul 1994	36.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
20 Jul 1994	36.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pupiana
8 Sep 1994	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pupiana
6 Nov 1996	38.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
8 Jun 1997	39.4	Succeeded	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania

MicroData Summary
Virgil Bercea
Bishop Virgil Bercea
(born 9 Dec 1957)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino}

Ad Limina - February 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hubic-Mures

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alexandru Todea †
Titular Bishop of Caesaropolis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lucian Mureşan †
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gheorghe Guţiu †
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Claudiopoli-Armenopoli) (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan Ploscaru †
Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lucian Mureşan † (1990)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Archbishop Alexandru Todea † (1950)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Joseph Schubert † (1950)
Titular Bishop of Ceramussa
Bishop Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † (1929)
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, Georgia
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ioan Şişeştean † (1994)
Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (2007)
Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 161331162
WikiData: Q554496

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,365
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140
odp/c1: CB, 4 Nov 2015

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