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Oct 14, 1969 Dragomirești, Maramureș County, Romania 54 years old
Greek-Catholic bishop
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About Vasile Bizu
- Vasile Bizau (born October 14, 1969) is a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
- He was born in Dragomiresti, Maramures County into a Greek-Catholic family that continued in the faith while the church was banned under the communist regime.
- He graduated from high school in Baia Mare in 1988 and studied theology there from 1990 to 1993.
- From 1993 to 2000 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome through the master's degree level, pursuing doctoral studies in the same city from 2001 to 2002.
- Ordained deacon in Giulesti Commune in 1996, he became a priest the following year in Baia Mare.
- With his return to Romania in 2000, he became parish priest at two churches in Baia Mare, and started teaching at the Northern University.
- Elected bishop in 2007, he was proclaimed titular bishop of Appiaria by Pope Benedict XVI and consecrated at the Blaj Cathedral.
- In 2011, Archbishop Lucian Muresan transferred Bizau to Baia Mare, where he became Bishop of Maramures.
