Ioan Vancea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIoan Vancea
Romanian bishop
Date of Birth: 18-May-1820
Place of Birth: Vășad, Bihor County, Romania
Date of Death: 31-Jul-1892
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ioan Vancea
- Ioan Vancea (Hungarian: Vancsa János; May 18, 1820—July 31, 1892) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.
- Born to noble parents in Vasad, Bihor County, he was ordained a priest in 1845 following studies in Oradea and Vienna.
- After the death of Ioan Alexi, he was consecrated Bishop of Gherla in 1865.
- Three years later, following the death of Alexandru Sterca-?ulu?iu, he was elected Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia, enthroned at Blaj in 1869.
- He advocated the rights of Romanians in Transylvania and contested the authorities' policy of Magyarization.
- Vancea died in office in 1892.
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