He was elected diocesan administrator on December 1, 1983 and apostolic administrator and bishop on October 25, 1984 before being consecrated titular bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari on December 8, 1984 in Rome by Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli.
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He is the sixth and current Archbishop of Bucharest.
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He then served at the Roman Catholic parish in Craiova and at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest.
Ioan Sturdza | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | Ioan Sabău | Mihai Ioan Botez | Ioan Vancea | Ioan T. Morar | Ioan Tănăsescu | Ioan Silviu Suciu | Ioan Ploscaru | Ioan Miclescu-Prăjescu |