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Vladimir Petercă (born April 24, 1944, Mircești, Iaşi County) is a Romanian Roman Catholic theologian who served as rector of the Institute of Saint Teresa Roman Catholic University of Bucharest (1995 to 2006).
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Biography
Vladimir Petercă was born on April 24, 1944, in the Mircești village (Iasi County). He graduated from the Roman Catholic University with science degree in 1968 and was ordained priest on 15 August 1968 by Peter Pleşca, Roman Catholic Bishop of Iasi and titular bishop of Voli. Petercă made part of the same class with the future Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bucharest Ioan Robu.
With the support of Bishop Peter Pleşca he followed specialization studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome (1973-1977), becoming degree in Bible and then a PhD student at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1977-1981). He held on November 1, 1980 doctoral thesis in theology with the title image of Solomon in Hebrew and Greek Bible - a contribution to the Midrash study's. In the same period, Petercăfollowed two semesters of courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (in the first theological student exchange between Vatican City and Israel) and earned a bachelor of science Augustinianum Patristic Institute in Rome.
Back in Romania, during 1981-1995 he worked as lecturer, senior lecturer and then professor at the Institute of Roman Catholic education in Science degree, teaching courses in biblical theology, biblical exegesis and biblical languages. In parallel, he made regular lectured introduction to the Bible at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Department of History) (since 1990), and is also a visiting professor at the University of Münster (1985-1986) and the University of Munich (1988-1989).
As of December 1, 1995, Monsignor Prof. Dr. Vladimir Petercă served as rector of the Institute of Saint Teresa Roman Catholic University degree of Bucharest, being professor of biblical sciences. Monsignor Vladimir Petercă is a regular presence on radio and television, where he lectured on biblical and theological themes. He retired himself in 2006.
Collaboration with the Securitate
In 2010, National Council for Study of Securitate Archives (NCSSA) declared that Vladimir Petercă was a Securitate collaborator, and in 2011 the Court of Appeal confirms the NCSSA discovering about Petercă. Priest Eduard Ferenc, one of the people about Vladimir Petercă provided information Security, shortly after the news said he was "disappointed is an adult requires a lot more, especially from a priest as we teach students to be honest, be sincere, genuine, loyal, so we have to be" and that "no make comments about Vladimir Petercă".