John Michael Botean
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His Grace, The Most Reverend John Michael Botean |
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| Eparch of St. George's in Canton | |
| Church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Eparchy of St. George's in Canton |
| Appointed | March 29, 1996 |
| Installed | August 24, 1996 |
| Predecessor | Vasile Louis Puscas |
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| Ordination | May 18, 1986 by Vasile Louis Puscas |
| Consecration | August 24, 1996 by Lucian Mureșan, Judson Procyk and Nicholas Samra |
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| Birth name | John Michael Botean |
| Born |
July 9, 1955 Canton, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Romanian Greek-Catholic Church |
| Parents | John and Amelia (née Popa) Botean |
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| Motto | Fear not, little flock |
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Styles of John Michael Botean |
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| Spoken style | His Grace |
| Religious style | Eparch |
John Michael Botean (Romanian: Ion Mihai Botean) (born July 9, 1955) is an American Eastern Catholic prelate of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic.
He is currently serving as the second eparch in the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton after Bishop Vasile Louis Puscas, in the United States' sole Romanian Byzantine Catholic eparchy and the sole Romanian Rite eparchy outside of Romania.
Botean was born in Canton, Ohio to a Romanian-American couple: John and Amelia Botean (née Popa). He has one younger brother, Mark S. Botean. He was ordained a priest on May 18, 1986. In 1993 he was appointed apostolic administrator for the diocese and then eparch on March 29, 1996, and consecrated on August 24 that year by Archbishop Lucian Mureșan (assisted by co-consecrators Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk and Bishop Nicholas James Samra).
As the second eparch in the history of a unique eparchy, a large part of Botean's activities consist of compliance work, bringing the organization into conformance with the requirements of his split jurisdiction, both American and Romanian. Most of his parishes long predate the creation of the eparchy, often by many decades. The first mission established during the lifetime of the diocese to be raised to the level of a parish will be raised on June 29, 2008.
In 2005 Botean established traditional Romanian Byzantine Catholic monasticism in the Diocese of Canton with the transfer of Holy Resurrection Monastery to diocesan jurisdiction. On October 17, 2006, the Holy Theophany Monastery for women (nuns) was established as a dependency of Holy Resurrection Monastery under the jurisdiction of Botean.
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