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Jun 27, 1891 Brazi, Prahova County, Romania Died on 13 May 1960 (aged 68) Cancer
Andrei Magieru - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Andrei Magieru
- Andrei Magieru (born Aurelian Magieru; June 27, 1891–May 13, 1960) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric who became a bishop within the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born into a priest's family in Saturau, Arad County, in the Cri?ana region, Magieru attended gymnasium in Arad and Beiu?.
- He then attended the theology faculty at Czernowitz University from 1909 to 1913, obtaining a doctorate in 1916.
- He began but did not complete studies at the literature faculty of Budapest University.
- From 1914 to 1917, he was rector of the diocesan boarding school in Beiu?.
- From 1917 to 1921, he was secretary of the Orthodox consistory at Oradea.
- He took part in the events surrounding the union of Transylvania with Romania, and served as Bihor County delegate to the foreign military mission at Oradea.
- From 1921 to 1926, he was adviser to the new Oradea Diocese.In 1918, Magieru was ordained a celibate deacon, becoming a priest in 1922.
- In 1924, he was made a monk at Sinaia Monastery, taking the name Andrei.
- Later that year, he became protosyncellus, rising to archimandrite in 1925.
- In 1926, he became vicar bishop of Oradea, taking the title Cri?anul and serving under Roman Ciorogariu.
- Meanwhile, he edited the diocesan newsletter Legea Româneasca from 1921 to 1923.
- From that year until 1936, he was rector and professor of New Testament studies at the Oradea theological academy.Elected Bishop of Arad in December 1935, Magieru was enthroned the following February, remaining until his death.
- In 1936, he joined Patriarch Miron Cristea on a delegation to England.
- In 1951, he was part of a group that visited the Moscow Patriarchate.
- Between 1941 and 1944, during The Holocaust, he safeguarded a number of Jews.
- His works include a lithographed New Testament course, as well as articles, sermons, reviews and pastoral letters in Legea Româneasca and, at Arad, Biserica ?i ?coala.
