Anton Coșa

The Most Reverend

Anton Coșa
The Most Reverend; Anton Coșa
Bishop of Chișinău
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Chișinău
See	Chișinău
Appointed	27 October 2001
Installed	8 December 2001
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Moldova (1993–2001); Titular Bishop of Pesto (1999–2001)
Orders
Ordination	25 June 1989; by Ioan Robu
Consecration	6 January 2000; by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born	23 November 1961 (age 63); Faraoani, Bacău Region, Romanian People's Republic
Alma mater	Theological Institute of Iași
Motto	Omnia in Christo
Coat of arms

Anton Coșa (born November 23, 1961) is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chișinău in Moldova.^[1]

Early life

Anton Coșa was born on November 23, 1961, in a family of farmers,^[2] 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.^[2]

References

^ (in Hungarian) erdely.ma, Gazda Árpád, Krónika, 18 aprilie 2005. "Magyarul imádkozott a moldovai püspök a budapesti csángókonferencián". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b catolicmold.md. "Episcopul Anton Coșa". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2019-07-30.