Lucian Cardinal Mureşan †

Deceased

Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio

Motto: Fiat Voluntas Tuas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1931		Born
19 Dec 1964	33.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
14 Mar 1990	58.8	Appointed	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
27 May 1990	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
4 Jul 1994	63.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
27 Aug 1994	63.2	Installed	Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
16 Dec 2005	74.5	Appointed	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
30 Apr 2006	74.9	Installed	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
18 Feb 2012	80.7	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	80.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio
8 Oct 2012	81.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio
25 Sep 2025	94.3	Died	Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

MicroData Summary
Lucian Mureşan
Lucian Cardinal Mureşan
(born 23 May 1931, died 25 Sep 2025)
Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia

Ad Limina - February 2010: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Ferneziu, Eparchy of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop Monumental Ostaşului Român, Baia Mare
Death Place Blaj

a priest for 60.7 years
a bishop for 35.3 years
a cardinal for 13.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ioan Maria Dragomir †
Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alexandru Todea †
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ioan Ploscaru †
Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)
Archbishop Guido Del Mestri †
Titular Archbishop of Tuscamia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (1996)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Alexandru Mesian † (1994)
Bishop Virgil Bercea (1994)
Bishop Ioan Şişeştean † (1994)
Bishop John Michael (Ion Mihai) Botean (1996)
Bishop Mihai Cătălin Frăţilă (2007)
Bishop Vasile Bizău (2007)
Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan (2020)
Bishop Călin Ioan Bot (2020)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gheorghe Guţiu † (1990)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ferneziu, Eparchy of Maramureş (Romanian)
Ordained Bishop	Monumental Ostaşului Român, Baia Mare
Death Place	Blaj

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89622250
WikiData: Q210874

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 16 Dec 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,877
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1a20: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Deceased Cardinals (back)
i: Bollettino, 3 Oct 2012
d: CB, 25 Sep 2025

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