Anton Coșa

Anton Coşa (born November 23, 1961) is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chişinău in Moldova. Born into a peasant family in Valea Mare village, Bacău County, he finished high school in the Hemeiuș Commune.

The Most Reverend

Anton Coşa
Bishop of Chișinău
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseChișinău
SeeChișinău
Appointed27 October 2001
Installed8 December 2001
Orders
Ordination25 June 1989
by Ioan Robu
Consecration6 January 2000
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Birth nameAnton Coşa
Born (1961-11-23) 23 November 1961
Faraoani, Bacău, Romania
Previous postApostolic Administrator of Moldova (1993-2001)
Titular Bishop of Pesto (1999-2001)
Alma materTheological Institute of Iași
MottoOmnia in Christo
Coat of arms

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

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 Chişinău in 2001.[1]

Notes and references
  1. (in Romanian) Episcopul Anton Coşa at the Chişinău Roman Catholic Diocese site; accessed May 22, 2012


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