Alexandru Mesian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Baia Mare, MaramureČ™ County, Romania
About Alexandru Mesian
- Alexandru Mesian (born January 22, 1937) is a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
- Born in Ferneziu, now part of Baia Mare city, he graduated from Gheorghe Sincai High School.
- Admitted to the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Ia?i in 1957, he was expelled on the orders of the communist authorities the same year, as he was from a family that belonged to the banned Greek-Catholic Church.
- He performed his military service from 1957 to 1960, working as a technician in Baia Mare from 1950 to 1990.
- He studied theology and was ordained a priest in secret in 1965, emerging into the open in 1990, after the fall of the regime.
- In 1994 he was consecrated auxiliary bishop for the Lugoj Eparchy, advancing to bishop in 1996 with the retirement of Ioan Ploscaru.
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