Alexandru Todea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Greece-Catholic cardinal
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Place of Birth: Teleac, Mureș County, Romania
About Alexandru Todea
- Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mures County–22 May 2002, Târgu-Mures) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal.
- He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering in Pite?ti prison. Born into a peasant family, he was the 13th of 16 children.
- After attending primary school in his native village, and high school in Reghin and Blaj, Metropolitan bishop Vasile Suciu send him to pursue his theological studies in Rome.
- He was created Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1991 and given the titular church of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina.
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