Successor Lucian Muresan Installed 1990 | Term ended 20 July 1994 Consecration November 19, 1950 Name Alexandru Todea Ordination March 25, 1939 | |
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Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio a Via Tiburtina Created Cardinal 28 June 1991by John Paul II Died May 22, 2002, Targu Mures, Romania Place of burial Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj, Romania | ||
Archdiocese Fagaras and Alba Iulia | ||
In memoriam alexandru todea
Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureş County–22 May 2002, Târgu-Mureş) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering in Pitești prison.
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Born into a peasant family, he was the 13th of 16 children. After attending primary school in his native village, and high school in Reghin and Blaj, Metropolitan bishop Vasile Suciu send him to pursue his theological studies in Rome. He was created Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1991 and given the titular church of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina.
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