Samuil Vulcan (1 August 1758 – 25 December 1839) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1806 to 1839.
Life
Vulcan was born on 1 August 1758[1] in Veza, a former village which has since been incorporated into Blaj town. He was ordained priest in 1784 and attended the Greek-Catholic college of Saint Barabara in Vienna. Later he moved to Lviv where he became vice-rector of the seminary.[2]
On 25 October 1806 he was designated Greek Catholic bishop of Oradea the Austrian government and so confirmed by the Vatican on 25 March 1807. Accordingly, on 7 July 1807 he consecrated Bishop by the bishop of Făgăraş, Ioan Bob[3] in the Cathedral of Blaj.
During his reign the diocese of Oradea enjoyed an increase in the number of parishes and faithfuls, passing from 26,232 parishioners to 153,163 souls.[4] He tried to ensure a regular wage to his priests, and he focused on the instruction, founding many schools.
Vulcan was a supporter of Romanian culture and literature. He pleaded with the Habsburg monarchy in order to have a Romanian bishop appointed in place of a Serbian bishop for the Orthodox diocese of Arad.[5]
Vulcan died in Oradea on 25 December 1839.
Miscellaneous
In 1828 he founded a college in the Transylvanian town of Beiuş, which is named after him.[6]
Notes
- ^ or in October 1760 according to Ritzler
- ^ Ritzler, Remigius (1968). "Magno-Varadiensis". Hierarchia catholica Medii aevi sive summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series. Vol. 7. Padua. p. 249.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bishop Samuel Vulcan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Samuil Vulcan". Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Episcopul greco-catolic Samuil Vulcan - 250 de ani de la naștere". greco-catolica.org. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ Colegiul Național „Samuil Vulcan” din Beiuș
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