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Nicolae Colan – 80 years since his selection, ordination and installation on the episcopal see of Cluj


COSMIN COSMUŢA, Nicolae Colan – 80 years since his selection, ordination and installation on the
episcopal see of Cluj
After the passing away of Bishop Nicolae Ivan, in February 1936, his successor in the episcopal see
of Cluj was appointed in late April, in the person of Professor and rector of the Theological Academy
in Sibiu, Nicolae Colan. His ordination as bishop was done in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu
on the Pentecost of the same year, May 31. The next day, Nicolae Popoviciu was ordained in the
same cathedral, for the episcopal see of Oradea.
On June 28, Bishop Nicolae Colan traveled from Sibiu to Cluj by train, in an almost triumphant
journey. Clergy and ordinary people, as well as offi cials welcomed him with great joy and enthusiasm
as the train was passing through the main railway stations. Upon his arriving in Cluj, he had
a grand reception at the railway, then he was accompanied in a large procession to the cathedral
where he attended his fi rst service as bishop (the Vespers). On June 29, he celebrated the Divine
Liturgy alongside Metropolitan Nicolae Balan and Bishop Nicolae of Oradea. At the end of the service,
the installation was made offi cial by the reading of the Royal Decree and the metropolitan
gramata. Thus began the pastoring of the second bishop of Vad, Feleac and Cluj.
KEYWORDS: Bishop Nicolae Colan, ordination as bishop, installation on the episcopal see, Bishopric
of Cluj


 

COSMIN COSMUŢA