Vasile Hossu
Romanian bishop
About Vasile Hossu
Lived 1866 – 1916 (aged 49). Vasile Hossu was a greek-Catholic priest, romanian Greek-Catholic bishop, catholic bishop and catholic deacon.
Vasile Hossu (30 January 1866 – 13 January 1916) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj from 1903 to 1911 and the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár from 1911 to 1916.
Born in Neumarkt am Mieresch, Austrian Empire (present-day Târgu Mureș, Romania) in 1866, he was ordained a priest on 27 August 1888. He was appointed the Bishop by the Holy See on 25 June 1903. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 21 September 1903. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Victor Mihaly de Apșa and co-consecrators were Bishop Ioan Sabo and Bishop Demetriu Radu.
He died in Budapest, Austria-Hungary on 13 January 1916.
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Who was Vasile Hossu?
Romanian bishop
When was Vasile Hossu born?
Vasile Hossu was born on 16 August 1866 in Târgu Mureș.
When did Vasile Hossu die?
Vasile Hossu died on 13 January 1916 in Budapest.
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Vasile Hossu was a greek-Catholic priest, romanian Greek-Catholic bishop, catholic bishop and catholic deacon.
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· DBpedia: Vasile Hossu (bishop of Gherla)
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