Anton Coșa
Anton Coşa (born November 23, 1961) is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chişinău in Moldova. Born into a peasant family in Valea Mare village, Bacău County, he finished high school in the Hemeiuș Commune.
Anton Coşa | |
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| Bishop of Chișinău | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Chișinău |
| See | Chișinău |
| Appointed | 27 October 2001 |
| Installed | 8 December 2001 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 June 1989 by Ioan Robu |
| Consecration | 6 January 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Anton Coşa |
| Born | 23 November 1961 Faraoani, Bacău, Romania |
| Previous post | Apostolic Administrator of Moldova (1993-2001) Titular Bishop of Pesto (1999-2001) |
| Alma mater | Theological Institute of Iași |
| Motto | Omnia in Christo |
| Coat of arms |  |
In 1989, he graduated from the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iași, and that June was ordained a priest by Bucharest Archbishop Ioan Robu, for the Iaşi Diocese. From 1989 to 1990, he was the assistant priest at Roman, and from 1990 to 1991 in Chişinău.
In 1991, he became the parish priest, remaining there until he was named Apostolic Administrator for Moldova in 1993. In October 1999, Pope John Paul II named him as the titular bishop of Paestum, later consecrating him at Saint Peter's Basilica the following January. He was named as the inaugural Bishop of Chişinău in 2001.[1]
Notes and references
- (in Romanian) Episcopul Anton Coşa at the Chişinău Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 22, 2012
