Lucian Mureșan

His Eminent Beatitude Lucian Mureșan
Major Archbishop of Făgăraş-Alba Iulia
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Appointed	16 December 2005
Enthroned	30 April 2006
Predecessor	Alexandru Todea
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio
Orders
Ordination	19 December 1964 by Ioan Dragomir
Consecration	27 May 1990 by Alexandru Todea
Created Cardinal	18 February 2012
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Lucian Mureșan
Born	(1931-05-23) 23 May 1931 Firiza, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Denomination	Romanian Greek-Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Maramureş (1990–1994) Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (1994–2005)

Lucian Mureșan (born on 23 May 1931) is the first and current Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As Major Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia (resident in Blaj), he is the head of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic.

Styles of Lucian Mureșan
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia

Lucian Mureșan was born in the village of Firiza (now the Ferneziu district of Baia Mare), Romania, the tenth of Peter and Maria Mureșan's twelve children. He attended primary school in Firiza and secondary school in Baia Mare. For a long time, he was forced to put on hold his call to becoming a Catholic priest, because the Romanian Church United with Rome had been outlawed in 1948.

Pope Benedict XVI created him a Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio in a consistory on 18 February 2012. As he was already older than 80 at the time of his creation, he has no right to vote in a papal conclave.

External links

• Entry at Catholic-Hierarchy