Aurel Percă

Aurel Percă (born August 15, 1951) is a Romanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Archbishop of Bucharest on 21 November 2019. He served as auxiliary bishop of Iași from 1999 to 2019.

His Excellency Aurel Percă
Archbishop of Bucharest
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Archdiocese of Bucharest
Appointed	21 November 2019
Installed	11 January 2020
Predecessor	Ioan Robu
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1979
Consecration	8 Dec 1999 by Petru Gherghel
Personal details
Born	(1951-08-15) August 15, 1951 (age 74) Săbăoani, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Motto	In Caritate Radicati Et Fundati
Coat of arms

Biography

Born in Săbăoani, Neamț County, he attended high school there and completed his studies at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iași in 1969. He was ordained a priest in 1979 and became assistant priest at a parish in Bacău. He earned degrees in Eastern theology from the Pontifical Oriental Institute and in moral theology from the Alphonsian Academy.

In 1985, he became a professor of moral theology and patristics at the Iaşi seminary and was its rector from 1989 to 1994. In 1994 he was named vicar general of the archdiocese while continuing to teach. In 1999 Pope John Paul II named him auxiliary bishop of Iași. He received his episcopal consecration as titular bishop of Mauriana.^[1]

Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Bucharest on 21 November 2019.^[2]