Nicolae Colan
Nicolae Colan (; 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.
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