Vasile Erdeli

Vasile Erdeli (August 1, 1794 – March 17, 1862), also known as the Vasile Erdeli-Ardeleanu, was a Romanian bishop of the Diocese of Oradea Mare, between 1843 to 1862.

Vasile Erdeli was born in Makó, Csanád County, Kingdom of Hungary (today in Hungary), in a family of Romanian shepherds, leave the Budureasa.

His secondary education was in Timişoara and Oradea then, as a student of United Romanian Youth Seminar, which ended in 1815. During 1815–1816, he studied a year at the Academy of Rights in Oradea, then, between 1816–1817, the first year of theology, all the Latin Seminary in Oradea. Second year of theology made in Budapest, and, since autumn 1818, and continued his studies, during the third and fourth, in Vienna, which ended in 1820. From Vienna he returned home.

On November 20, 1820, Basil Erdeli-Ardeleanu was ordained celibate priest and, from 1821 to 1829, he served as parish administrator, and then the priest Beius. He moved, in 1829, to Olosig, Oradea, where he was appointed priest. On June 9, 1835, Basil received Ardeleanu Erdeli-canonical function Capitlulul Oradea Cathedral, and then became rector of the Greek Catholic Seminary in Oradea (1836–1848). Further, Basil Erdeli-canonical step up Ardeleanu custodian, as well as the assessor of the plate and Csongrád-Csanád judicial districts.

On August 2, 1843, Basil was appointed Erdeli-Ardeleanu and then consecrated bishop of Oradea, the Romanian Church United with Rome by Bishop Ioan Lemeni in Blaj. Even before being ordained a bishop since 1832, until 1848, Basil Erdeli-Ardeleanu made many vizitaţii canonical in Banat and managed to increase the number of parishes from 2-22. Carei, Satu Mare, set up a curacy. The diocese he ruled, he built fifty churches and repaired.

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