Samuil Vulcan was the Bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

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 of the Diocese of Oradea Mare

Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare

The Greek Catholic diocese of Oradea Mare is the Eparchy of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church for the area of Oradea.It was founded in 1777, followers of the Greek Rite having been up to that time under the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop...

 of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1806 to 1839.

Life

Vulcan was born on 1 August 1758 in Veza, a former village which has since been incorporated into Blaj

Blaj

Blaj is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,758 inhabitants.The landmark of the city is the fact that it was the principal religious and cultural center of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church in Transylvania....

 town. He was ordained priest

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 in 1784 and attended the Greek-Catholic college of Saint Barabara in Vienna

Vienna

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. Later he moved to Lviv

Lviv

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 where he became vice-rector of the seminary

Seminary

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On 25 October 1806 he was designated Greek Catholic bishop of Oradea

Oradea

Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...

 the Austrian government

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 and so confirmed by the Vatican

Holy See

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 on 25 March 1807. Accordingly, on 7 July 1807 he consecrated Bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

 by the bishop of Făgăraş, Ioan Bob

Ioan Bob

Ioan Bob, was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1783 to his death in 1830.- Life :Ioan Bob was born from a noble Romanian family in October or November 1739 in Orman, near Iclod in Kolozs County, now Romania. He attended the secondary schools by the Jesuits...

 in the Cathedral of Blaj

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj

The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Blaj, Romania is a Romanian Greek Catholic cathedral commissioned by bishop Inocențiu Micu-Klein in 1738. The church was built by Viennese architects Anton Erhard Martinelli and Johann Baptist Martinelli, being completed in 1749....

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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. 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 the Hasburg monarchy in order to have appointed a Romanian bishop in place of a Serbian

Serbs

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 bishop for the Orthodox

Romanian Orthodox Church

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 diocese of Arad

Arad, Romania

Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...

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Vulcan died in Oradea on 25 December 1839.

Miscellaneous

In 1828 he founded a college in the Transylvanian town of Beiuş

Beius

Beiuș is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani.-Population:According to the 2002 Census, Beiuş has a population of 10,996 inhabitants....

, which is named after him.