Siluan Mănuilă Explained

Siluan Mănuilă
Enthroned:2007–present (Gyula)
2017–2022 (Dacia Felix)
Diocese:Gyula, formerly Dacia Felix
Church:Romanian Orthodox Church
Predecessor:Sofronie Drincec (Gyula)
Daniil Stoenescu (Dacia Felix)
Successor:Incumbent (Gyula)
(Dacia Felix)
Birth Name:Cristian Constantin Mănuilă
Birth Date:16 September 1971
Birth Place:Chelmac, Romania
Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church
Profession:Theologian

Siluan Mănuilă (born 16 September 1971 as Cristian Constantin Mănuilă[1]) is a bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He is the bishop of the Diocese of Gyula since 2007 and was the leader of the Diocese of Dacia Felix from 2017[2] to 2022.[3]

He completed his secondary education in Arad, Romania, continuing his theological studies in Sibiu and later in Athens, Greece. He went to Hungary in 1999, after the election of Sofronie Drincec as bishop of the Diocese of Gyula. In 2002, Mănuilă was named hegumen of the skete Adormirea Maicii Domnului (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) in Körösszakál. In 2003, he was appointed archimandrite and received the patriarchal cross, and until 2007, he was the cultural assessor of the Diocese of Gyula. Mănuilă was elected bishop of the diocese on 11 March 2007, taking office on 8 July.[4] On 4 August 2014, the President of Romania Traian Băsescu awarded him and many other bishops the Order of Cultural Merit for their efforts in getting involved in the lives of the Romanian diaspora in other countries (Hungary in Mănuilă's case).

On 1 August 2017, Mănuilă also became leader of the Diocese of Dacia Felix in Serbia due to health problems of the previous bishop, Daniil Stoenescu. He was replaced on 5 July 2022 by .

Notes and References

  1. News: Băsescu a decorat prelați, pentru implicarea în viața comunităților românești din afara țării. Valentina. Postelnicu. Mediafax. 24 April 2014. ro.
  2. News: PS Siluan al Ungariei – locțiitor al Episcopiei Dacia Felix. Ierarhul a oficiat prima vizită în Eparhie. Gheorghe. Anghel. Basilica News Agency. 4 August 2017. ro.
  3. News: Preasfințitul Părinte Ieronim Crețu, Episcop ales al Daciei Felix. Emilian. Apostolescu. Ziarul Lumina. 5 July 2022. ro.
  4. News: INTERVIU/ PS Siluan Mănuilă: "Comunitatea românească din Ungaria se încăpățănează să existe". NewsAr.ro. 24 June 2014. ro.