Cornel Damian

Cornel Damian (born May 8, 1960) is a Romanian cleric, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest. Born in Jibou, he moved with his family to Drobeta-Turnu Severin, where he finished high school. His parents were Greek-Catholic, but as their church was banned under the communist regime, Damian was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition.[1][2] He attended the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iași and was ordained a priest in 1986 at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest. 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 in Rome. 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, he was consecrated titular bishop of Iziriana at the Bucharest cathedral by Archbishop Ioan Robu.[2]

His Excellency

Cornel Damian
Auxiliary Bishop of Bucharest
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseBucharest
Appointed31 October 2003
Installed8 December 2003
Orders
Ordination22 June 1986
Consecration8 December 2003
by Ioan Robu
Personal details
Born (1960-05-08) May 8, 1960
Jibou, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Coat of armsCornel Damian's coat of arms

Notes
  1. (in Romanian) Bucureştiul are un episcop auxiliar, at the Iaşi Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 16, 2012
  2. (in Romanian) Biography Archived 2010-08-07 at the Wayback Machine at the Archdiocese of Bucharest site; accessed May 16, 2012
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