Ioan Suciu
Romanian bishop
- Romanian Greek Catholic Church
- Roman Catholic Church
Câmpia Libertății, Blaj, Romania
by Pope Francis
Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj.
He studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum where after six years of study he received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology on 29 November 1931, and was ordained to the priesthood.[1]
He was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea in 1940.
Arrested in 1948 by the authorities of the new Communist regime that outlawed the church, he was taken first to Dragoslavele Monastery, then to Căldărușani Monastery [ro]. He was eventually sent to the notorious Sighet Prison, where he died of illness.[1]
Streets are named after him in Oradea and Satu Mare.
On June 2, 2019, Suciu and six other Romanian prelates were beatified by Pope Francis at Câmpia Libertății in Blaj.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b "Episcopul Ioan Suciu". Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian). Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ^ "Pope in Romania: Who are the 7 Greek-Catholic martyrs?". Vatican News. June 2, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
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