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Place of Birth: Sâmbăta de Sus, Brașov County, Romania
About Laurențiu Streza
- Lauren?iu Streza (Romanian pronunciation: [la.u'rent?sju 'streza]; born Liviu Streza; October 12, 1947-) is a Romanian cleric, a metropolitan bishop in the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born in Sâmbata de Sus, Bra?ov County, he attended grade school in his native village from 1954 to 1961.
- His father died when he was 13.
- He attended high school in Fagara? (1961-1965) followed by theological seminary in Sibiu (1965-1969).
- He obtained a Theology doctorate in 1985 from the Bucharest seminary.
- Streza married Eugenia Stanciu in 1969 before being ordained a priest that December.
- The couple had five children; Eugenia died in 1992.
- In the summer of 1996, he was elected bishop in the Diocese of Caransebe?, tonsured a monk and given his present first name, and installed as bishop.
- In 2005, he was made Metropolitan of Transylvania, with his seat at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu.
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