Wilhelm Dancă

„Orice adevăr, indiferent de cine este spus, vine de la Spiritul Sfânt” (Ambrosiaster)

1986: Bachelor’s in theology at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iasi.
1986: Ordained Roman-Catholic priest in Iasi.
1993: Master’s degree in philosophical anthropology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in
Rome (Italy).
1996: Doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University; thesis on Definitio sacri.
Il sacro come „il significativo” e „il destino” e la sua relazione con il metodo storicofenomenologico nell’opera di Mircea Eliade.

1996-2011: Professor at the Catholic Institutes of Iasi and Bucharest.
2012-2024: Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Bucharest.
2005: Habilitation in philosophy.
2016: Habilitation in theology.
2001-2011: Rector of the Catholic Institute of Iasi.
2012-2018: Rector of the Catholic Institute of Bucharest.
2011-2020: Member of the CNATDCU theology commission.
2011: President of the Romanian branch of the International Thomas Aquinas Society.
2008: Director of European Branch of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.

2013: Member Corresponding of the Romanian Academy.
2017: Member of the Salzburg Academy of Sciences and Arts.
2024: Member of Scientific Council of Romanian Society for Philosophy.
2024: Member of Italian Society for Religions Studies.
2024: Member of Steering Committee of International Federation of Philosophical Societies.
2025: Member of the Romanian Academy.

Distinctions:
2004: The National Order of Cultural Merit in the rank of Officer from the Romanian Presidency.
2006: The Synodal Cross from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași.
2016: The National Order of Faithful Service in the rank of Knight from the Romanian Presidency.
2019: The Archiepiscopal Cross from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest.
2020: The Pro Ecclesia et Pontefice Cross from Pope Francis.

Publications: 20 books as author, 10 as editor, more than 250 articles, studies and chapter of books.

Bucharest, 04 February 2026

Wilhelm Danca

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