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Virgil Bercea Biography

Virgil Bercea is a famous Priest, who was born on December 9, 1957 in Romania. Virgil Bercea was born on 9 December 1957 in Habic, Mureş County, Romania. He studied in his town, and after the military service he attended the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca from 1977 to 1981. He worked as agricultural engineer and researcher till 1990. According to Astrologers, Virgil Bercea’s zodiac sign is Aquarius.

On 7 February 2004 he was granted by the President of Romania of the Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Commander in the Religious category, “as a token of appreciation for the work of Your Holiness in the field of religion, to ecumenical and civic spirit shown and the contribution you brought it to strengthen interfaith relations.” Bishop Bercea sent the following reply: “I want to thank you for this post and at the same time thank the President, but I do not accept this distinction and I will not attend the ceremony. Moreover, this manner of proceeding, that the Presidential Secretariat of State for Religion, I consider it an insult not only to the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek Catholic, but also to the Orthodox Church or any other religion in Romania.”

On 20 July 1994 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and so consecrated bishop by Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan on 8 September 1994. On 6 November 1996 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare, to which he succeeded on 8 June 1997.