Iuliu Hossu
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Iuliu Hossu Servant of God |
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| Bishop of Cluj-Gherla Cardinal in pectore |
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| Church | Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church |
| Diocese | Cluj-Gherla |
| See | Cluj-Gherla |
| Appointed | 21 April 1917 |
| Term ended | 28 May 1970 |
| Predecessor | Vasile Hossu |
| Successor | George Guţiu |
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| Ordination | 27 March 1910 by Vasile Hossu |
| Consecration | 3 March 1917 by Victor Mihaly de Apşa |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Birth name | Iuliu Hossu |
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30 January 1885 Milaș, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 28 May 1970 (aged 85) Bucharest, Romania |
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| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
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Iuliu Hossu (30 January 1885 - 28 May 1970) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal (never functioning) and victim of the Communist regime.Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to the rank of 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 and died in 1970.
He is considered to have died in hatred of his faith and his canonization cause - as well as that of a larger group of martyrs - has been opened. He is referred to as a Servant of God.
Iuliu Hossu was born on 30 January 1885 in Milaș in Austria-Hungary to Ioan Hossu and Victoria Măriuţiu.
Hossu studied at the seminary of Cluj and later at the seminary of Budapest. He also studied at the University of Vienna in Austria and later at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum in Rome, where he was to obtain doctorates in philosophy in 1906, and theology in 1908.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 27 March 1910 by Vasile Hossu, his uncle. He completed further studies for a year from 1910 to 1911 and served in the capacity of an archivist and a librarian. From 1911 to 1914, he served as the personal secretary to the Bishop of Gherla, and later as a military chaplain to the Romanian soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I between 1914 and 1917.
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