LA CHIESA GRECO-CATTOLICA ROMENA E IL VESCOVO IULIU HIRȚEA SOTTO IL REGIME COMUNISTA
THE ROMANIAN GREEK-CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE BISHOP IULIU HIRȚEA UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME
Author(s): Silviu SanaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Romania; Greek-Catholic Church; communism; Iuliu Hirtea; Bishop; Oradea;
Summary/Abstract: The Romanian Greek-Catholic Church and the Bishop Iuliu Hirțea under the Communist Regime. The present paper enrolls in the series of documentary restitution of the recent history, particularly focusing on the “destiny” of the Greek-Catholic Episcopacy of Oradea, taken on the 28th of July 1949 by the priest and teacher Iuliu Hirțea.Amongst Romania’s most recent personalities, the name of the bishop Iuliu Hirțea has its well-deserved place due to his exemplary life that he has chosen to put into the service of the Greek-Catholic Church. Together with the bishops Ioan Ploscaru (1911-1998), Ioan Chertes (1911-1992), Tit Liviu Chinezu (1904-1955), Ioan Dragomir (1905-1985) and Alexandru Todea (1912-2002), Iuliu Hirțea belongs to the second generation of martyr bishops called to serve the Greek-Catholic Church from Romania in the time of the communist regime.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes Bolyai - Theologia Catholica
- Issue Year: 63/2018
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 145-159
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Italian