Iuliu Hossu

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Iuliu Hossu
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla

Church	Greek-Catholic
See	Cluj
In office	1917 — 1970
Predecessor	Vasile Hossu
Successor	George Guţiu
Orders
Ordination	March 27, 1910 (Rome) by Vasile Hossu
Consecration	March 3, 1917 by Victor Mihaly de Apşa
Personal details
Born	(1885-01-30)January 30, 1885 Milaș, Austria-Hungary (present-day Romania)
Died	May 28, 1970(1970-05-28) (aged 85) Bucharest, Romania
Previous post	Bishop of Gherla (to 1930) Bishop

Iuliu Hossu (January 30, 1885, Milaș, present-day Bistriţa-Năsăud County – May 28, 1970, Bucharest) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal (never functioning) and victim of the Communist regime.^[1] Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to cardinal in pectore in 1969, but did not publish his appointment until 1973, after Hossu's death.

He was arrested by the Communist authorities on October 28, 1948. From 1950 to 1955 he was detained as political prisoner at Sighet prison. He spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

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v t e Anti-Communist Metropolitans and Bishops in Romania

Greek Catholic	Vasile Aftenie Ioan Bălan Tit Liviu Chinezu Ioan Dragomir Valeriu Traian Frențiu Iuliu Hirţea Iuliu Hossu Ioan Ploscaru Alexandru Rusu Ioan Suciu Alexandru Todea

Roman Catholic	Szilárd Bogdánffy Adalbert Boros Alexandru Cisar Ioan Duma Anton Durcovici Imre Erőss Markus Glaser Áron Márton Augustin Pacha János Scheffler Joseph Schubert

Orthodox	Grigorie Leu Nicodim Munteanu Visarion Puiu

Authority control	VIAF: 89587004 ISNI: 0000 0001 1451 4115 GND: 143447084

Persondata
Name	Hossu, Iuliu
Alternative names
Short description	Cardinal, victim of the Communist regime
Date of birth	January 30, 1885
Place of birth	Milaș, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	May 28, 1970
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania

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