Nicolae Colan | |
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Church | Romanian Orthodox Church |
Archdiocese | Sibiu |
Metropolis | Transylvania |
Installed | 26 May 1957 |
Term ended | 15 April 1967 |
Predecessor | Iustin Moisescu |
Successor | Nicolae Mladin |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Vad, Feleac and Cluj (1936–1957) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1934 |
Consecration | 31 May 1936 |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | April 15, 1967 Sibiu, Socialist Republic of Romania | (aged 73)
Buried | Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Profession | Theologian |
Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
Nicolae Colan (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e koˈlan]; November 28, 1893 – April 15, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric, a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. From a peasant background, Colan completed high school in Brașov, followed by a period of wandering during World War I that saw him in Sibiu, Bucharest, Moldavia, Ukraine and ultimately Bessarabia, where he advocated union with Romania. After the war, he completed university and taught New Testament theology at Sibiu from 1924 to 1936. Entering the clergy in 1934, he soon became bishop at Cluj, remaining there when Northern Transylvania temporarily became Hungarian territory during World War II. In 1957, he advanced to Metropolitan of Transylvania, an office he held for the final decade of his life.