About Ioan Suciu
Lived 1907 – 1953 (aged 45). Ioan Suciu was an Austrian and Romanian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj.
Suciu studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where after six years of study he received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology on 29 November 1931, and was ordained to the priesthood. He was then consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea in 1940.
Arrested in 1948 under the new Communist regime that outlawed the Church, Suciu was taken first to Dragoslavele Monastery, then to Căldărușani Monastery. He was eventually sent to the notorious Sighet Prison, where he died of illness.
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Who was Ioan Suciu?
Romanian Greek-Cathlic bishop and martyr (1907–1953)
When was Ioan Suciu born?
Ioan Suciu was born on 4 December 1907 in Blaj.
When did Ioan Suciu die?
Ioan Suciu died on 27 June 1953 in Sighet prison.
What was Ioan Suciu's occupation?
Ioan Suciu was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
What nationality was Ioan Suciu?
Ioan Suciu was Austrian and Romanian.
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