Claudiu-Lucian Pop

Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop (born 22 July 1972 in Pișcolt, Satu Mare County, Romania) is a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Curial bishop of Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia since 21 November 2011.

Claudiu-Lucian Pop
Titular Bishop of Mariamme, Curial Bishop of Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Church	Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	21 November 2011
Other posts	Rector of the Pontifical Romanian College in Rome (2007–2011)
Orders
Ordination	23 July 1995 (Priest) by Vasile Hossu
Consecration	8 December 2011 (Bishop) by Leonardo Sandri
Personal details
Birth name	Claudiu-Lucian Pop
Born	22 July 1972 Pișcolt, Satu Mare County, Romania

Life

Bishop Pop, after graduation of the school education and the Biological and Chemical Lyceum, joined the Chemical Faculty of the University of Bucharest in 1990, but one year later he began philosophical and theological studies in Rome, Italy in the Pontifical Romanian College (1991–1999), where he graduated Pontifical Urbaniana University and Pontifical Gregorian University.[1] During this time he was ordained as priest on July 23, 1995 for the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare.[2] From 1999 until 2007 he served as vice-rector, and subsequently rector of the Romanian Greek-Catholic mission in Paris, France. And after that, during 2007–2011, he was a Rector of the Pontifical Romanian College (Pio Romeno) in Rome.[1]

On November 21, 2011, he was confirmed by the Pope Benedict XVI as an Curial Bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia and Titular Bishop of Mariamme. On December 8, 2011, he was consecrated as bishop by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and other hierarchs of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.[2]

References

1. "Episcopul Curiei". Official Romanian GCC Site (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
2. "Bishop Claudiu-Lucian Pop". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 November 2017.