Gurie Georgiu

Georgiu was elected vicar of the Archdiocese of Craiova in July 2001.^[1] Following the establishment of the new Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara on 29 October 2009, Gurie Georgiu was elected as its first, founding bishop one month later on 29 November of the same year.^[1] He remained Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara until his death.^[1][2]

Georgiu was admitted to Deva County Emergency Hospital (SJU) in Deva on 8 October 2021, for treatment of advanced COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.^[1] His condition continued to deteriorate and he was placed on a ventilator on 19 October 2021.^[1] Hospital officials decided to airlift him by helicopter to a larger medical center in Târgu Mureș, but he suffered cardiac arrest, a complication of COVID, during the transfer.^[1]

Despite doctors attempts to resuscitate him after 45 minutes, Georgiu died from the virus at Deva County Emergency Hospital in Deva, Romania, on 21 October 2021, at the age of 52.^[1][2][3]