IUSTIN TIRA, Metropolitan bishop Nicolae Colan (1893-1967) - a hierarch aware of his high vocation
The text highlights some aspects regarding the personality of Metropolitan Nicolae Colan, as professor
at the Theological Academy in Sibiu, as bishop of Cluj (during which time he had to face the
Vienna Diktat and the communist regime), as a journalist and a writer of great talent, regularly
publishing in magazines and being rewarded for his cultural contribution with the title of member
of the Romanian Academy. Crainic said about him: “Nicolae Colan, the Orthodox Bishop of Cluj,
is the most signifi cant personality of Romanians in Northern Transylvania, the man with the most
profound cultural profile.”
KEYWORDS: Metropolitan Nicolae Colan, Theological Academy in Sibiu, Orthodox Bishopric of
Cluj, Vienna Diktat, „Viaţa ilustrată” magazine, Romanian Academy

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