Alexandru Todea
Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureș County–22 May 2002, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, and Pitești prisons.
His Eminence Alexandru Todea | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia | |
| Church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Făgăraș and Alba Iulia |
| Installed | 1990 |
| Term ended | 20 July 1994 |
| Predecessor | Alexandru Nicolescu |
| Successor | Lucian Mureșan |
| Other post(s) | 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 | 5 June 1912 |
| Died | 22 May 2002 (aged 89) Târgu Mureș Romania |
| Buried | Cathedral of Blaj |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide |
Born into a peasant family, Todea 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 received his doctorate from the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide and returned to Romania in 1940.[1] He was consecrated Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1991 and given the titular church of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina.[2]
Todea is buried at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Blaj.
References
- 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 Prunduș 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 Prunduș and Clemente Plăianu, Catolicism și Ortodoxie Românească – scurt istoric al Bisericii Române Unite, Cluj-Napoca: Casa de Editură Viața Creștină, 1994.