Alexandru Todea
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His Eminence Alexandru Todea |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia | |
Church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Făgăraş and Alba Iulia |
Installed | 1990 |
Term ended | 20 July 1994 |
Predecessor | Alexandru Nicolescu |
Successor | Lucian Mureșan |
Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio a Via Tiburtina |
Orders | |
Ordination | 25 March 1939 |
Consecration | 19 November 1950 |
Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 by John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Teleac, Romania |
5 June 1912
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Târgu-Mureş Romania |
Buried | Cathedral of Blaj |
Nationality | Romanian |
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.
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.[1]
References
- ↑ Cardinal Title S. Athanasii ad viam Tiburtinam GCatholic.org
- (Romanian) Biography, at bru.ro
- Valentin Borda and Mircea Borda, Alexandru Todea: protopop, episcop, mitropolit, cardinal în Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică, Târgu-Mureș: Casa de editură Petru Maior, 1999. ISBN 9789738018006
- Silvestru Augustin Prunduş and Clemente Plăianu, Cardinalul Dr. Alexandru Todea: la 80 de ani (1912-1992), Ordinul Sfînful Vasile cel Mare, Provincia "Sf. Apostoli Petru si Pavel", 1992. OCLC 31595331
- Silvestru Augustin Prunduş and Clemente Plăianu, Catolicism şi Ortodoxie Românească - scurt istoric al Bisericii Române Unite, Cluj-Napoca: Casa de Editură Viaţa Creştină, 1994.
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