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