Anton Coșa

{{Infobox Christian leader

|type = Bishop

|honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend

|name = Anton Coșa

|image = Антон Коша.jpg

|title = Bishop of Chișinău

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|diocese = Chișinău

|see = Chișinău

|appointed = 27 October 2001

|term_start = 8 December 2001

|ordination = 25 June 1989

|ordained_by = Ioan Robu

|consecration = 6 January 2000

|consecrated_by = Pope John Paul II

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|11|23}}

|birth_place = Faraoani, Bacău Region, Romanian People's Republic

|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 = Coat of arms of Anton Coşa.svg }}

Anton Coșa (born November 23, 1961) is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău in Moldova.{{Cite web|url=http://erdely.ma/hatranyban.php?id=9962|accessdate=2019-07-30|author={{in lang|hu}} erdely.ma, Gazda Árpád, Krónika, 18 aprilie 2005|title=Magyarul imádkozott a moldovai püspök a budapesti csángókonferencián|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194846/http://erdely.ma/hatranyban.php?id=9962}}

Early life

Anton Coșa was born on November 23, 1961, in a family of farmers,{{Cite web|url=http://catolicmold.md/episc-md/|accessdate=2019-07-30|author=catolicmold.md|title=Episcopul Anton Coșa|archive-date=2014-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301121414/http://catolicmold.md/episc-md/}} in the village of Valea Mare in the Faraoani commune, Bacău County. His family also gave two other priest brothers, Fr. Eduard Coșa from Bacău and Fr. Francisc Coșa from Bucharest. He attended primary school in his native village, and then high school in Hemeiuș commune in Bacău County.

Biography

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 Iași Diocese. From 1989 to 1990, he was the assistant priest at Roman, and from 1990 to 1991 in Chișinău.

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 Chișinău in 2001.

References

External links

[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcosa.html Catholic-Hierarchy]

Category:Living people

Category:1961 births

Category:People from Bacău County

Category:Moldovan Roman Catholic bishops

Category:20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops

Category:Romanian expatriates in Moldova