Florentin Crihălmeanu

Florentin Crihălmeanu (17 September 1959 – 12 January 2021) was a prelate of the Romanian Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla.

Quotes

• Symbolic theology shows what immense perspectives may be opened, starting from the Scripture in the liturgy, to make our faith more profound, to transform our life into a daily liturgy and to recover, ourselves, the face of the icon by whom we were created.
  • H.E. Most. Rev. Florentin CRIHĂLMEANU, Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, Claudiopoli-Armenopoli of the Romeni, Romanias (ROMANIA) (7 October 2008) Holy See Press Office

• One has to trust that God loves you. He does not choose you because you are intelligent, beautiful or have other human qualities; He chooses you because he loves you and you have to trust in His love and I think this is the main principle and a very important thing for a bishop.
  • Romania – The legacy of Catholic persecution: An interview with Bishop Florentin Crihalmeanu (21 November 2011) Aid to the Church in Need