Cornel Damian (born May 8, 1960) is a
Romania
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n cleric, auxiliary bishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest
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Its cathedral episcopal see is Bucharest. Ioan Robu was the archbishop from 1990 until his retirement on 21 November 2019. He ...
. Born in
Jibou
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, he moved with his family to
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
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, where he finished high school. His parents were
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, but as their church was banned under the
communist regime
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, Damian was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Bucureştiul are un episcop auxiliar
at the Iaşi Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 16, 2012Bucharest
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. He was assistant priest at the Cioplea Church and from 1987 to 1998 parish priest at another Bucharest parish. He began teaching moral theology in 1991 at a theological institute which opened that year. From 1998 to 2002 he studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University
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The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
in Rome
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. In 2002 he was assigned to a new parish and began teaching canon law. In 2003, having been chosen auxiliary bishop by Pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
, he was consecrated titular bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Iziriana at the Bucharest cathedral by Archbishop Ioan Robu.[Biography]
at the Archdiocese of Bucharest site; accessed May 16, 2012
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1960 births
People from Jibou
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Romania
21st-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
Living people