Nicolae Colan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Romanian politician, theologian and bishop
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Place of Birth: Vâlcele, Covasna County, Romania
About Nicolae Colan
- Nicolae Colan (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e ko'lan]; November 28, 1893 – April 15, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric, a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
- From a peasant background, he completed high school in Bra?ov, followed by a period of wandering during World War I that saw him in Sibiu, Bucharest, Moldavia, Ukraine and ultimately Bessarabia, where he advocated union with Romania.
- After the war, he completed university and taught New Testament theology at Sibiu from 1924 to 1936.
- Entering the clergy in 1934, he soon became bishop at Cluj, remaining there when Northern Transylvania temporarily became Hungarian territory during World War II.
- In 1957, he advanced to Metropolitan of Transylvania, an office he held for the final decade of his life.
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