Cristian Dumitru Crișan was born in the village of Sântu in Mureș County.

From 2016 to 2017 he attended the masters courses at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the Catholic Institute in Paris, obtaining his second master's degree in co-tutorship with the University of Paris IV (Sorbonne).

A year later, he obtained the "Emouna - l'amphi des religions" Certificate at the Institute of Political Science in Paris.

[2] On 9 April 2018, he was appointed by Pope Francis as the Apostolic Visitor for the Romanian Greek-Catholics in Western Europe, and on 11 October 2018, he was appointed National Coordinator for the pastorate of Romanian Greek-Catholics in Italy by the Italian Bishop's Conference.

[2][3] He was consecrated a bishop at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Blaj by Cardinal Lucian Mureșan on 21 June 2020.