Ioan Robu
{{Short description|Romanian prelate}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency
| name = Ioan Robu
| honorific-suffix = {{small|S.T.D.}}
| archbishop_of = Archbishop emeritus of Bucharest
| image = Ioan Robu.jpg
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| appointed = 14 March 1990
| ended = 21 November 2019
| predecessor = Alexandru Theodor Cisar
| successor = Aurel Percă
| ordination = August 15, 1968
| consecration = December 8, 1984
| consecrated_by = Agostino Casaroli
| other_post = Apostolic Administrator of Bucharest (1984–1990)
Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari (1984–1990)
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|11|06}}
| birth_place = Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
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| nationality = Romanian
| religion = Roman Catholic
| residence = Bucharest, Romania
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| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Ioan Robu.svg
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| alma_mater = Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University
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| motto = Et veritas liberavit vos (English: And the truth will make you free)({{bibleverse||John|8:32}})
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| ordained priest by = Petru Pleșca
| date of priestly ordination = August 15, 1968
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| consecrated by = Agostino Cardinal Casaroli
| co-consecrators = Luigi Cardinal Pogi,
Archbishop Mario Schierano
| date of consecration = December 8, 1984
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| bishop 1 = Cornel Damian
| consecration date 1 = December 8, 2003
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Ioan Robu (born November 6, 1944) is a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Bucharest from 1990 to 2019.
Biography
Robu was born in Târgu Secuiesc, where his father, a native of Traian, Neamț County, had briefly come to work. A graduate of the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iași, he was ordained to the priesthood on 15 August 1968. He then served at the Roman Catholic parish in Craiova and at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest. He studied at the Pontifical Lateran University's Alphonsian Academy from 1973 to 1977, earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree. During the summer of 1977, he was a parish priest in Buzău, and from 1977 to 1983 he was director of his alma mater in Iaşi.{{cite web| language = ro | url = http://www.arcb.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1452&Itemid=179 | title = Biography | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807191213/http://www.arcb.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1452&Itemid=179 |date=August 7, 2010 | archive-date= 7 August 2010 | website= Archdiocese of Bucharest |access-date = 7 September 2010}}
On 25 October 1984 Pope John Paul II named him apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Bucarest and titular bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari. He received his episcopal consecration on 8 December in Rome from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli. On 14 March 1990 he was appointed Archbishop of Bucarest.{{cite book |page= 468 | access-date = 21 November 2019 | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | date= 1990 | volume = LXXXII | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf }}
Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 21 November 2019.{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/11/21/191121d.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 21 November 2019 | date = 21 November 2019 | title= Resignations and Appointments, 21.11.2019}}
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Category:People from Târgu Secuiesc
Category:Romanian Roman Catholic archbishops
Category:20th-century Romanian people