Ioan Țurcan (Țurcanovici until 1882;[1] April 19, 1818–May 6, 1902) was an ethnic Romanian Orthodox priest and politician in Austria-Hungary, in the Duchy of Bukovina.
Born in Crișceatic, a village near Coțmani,[2] his father Gheorghe was a priest.
He attended specialty courses at the Roman Catholic theology faculty of Vienna University, obtaining a doctorate in 1844.
A prominent member of Societatea Academică Junimea, in 1898 he became the first president of the Association of Greek-Orthodox Priests from Bukovina.
Some of his speeches were published in Candela magazine, and he supported the establishment of a school for girls in Cernăuți, where he died.