The Reverend Ioan Sauca (born 10 April 1956) is the acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
He is to hold the office until the next World Council of Churches (WCC) committee meeting in 2021, was the Deputy secretary general in 2020.
[4] He attended the Graduate School at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute in 1984–1985 and went on to obtain his Ph.D. of Theology in 1987 from the University of Birmingham with a thesis on 'The Missionary Implications of Eastern Orthodox Ecclesiology'.
Sauca joined the World Council of Churches in 1994 as executive secretary for the Orthodox Studies and Relationship in Mission.
Referring to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sauca continued, "Please, raise up your voice and speak on behalf of the suffering brothers and sisters, most of whom are also faithful members of our Orthodox Church.