Alexandru Todea
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Alexandru Todea (June 5, 1912, Teleac, Mureş County - May 22, 2002, Târgu-Mureş) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime.
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.
Heads of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic | ||
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Bishops | Atanasie Anghel | Ioan Giurgiu Patachi | Inocenţiu Micu-Klein | Petru Pavel Aron | Atanasie Rednic | Grigore Maior | Ioan Bob | Ioan Lemeni | Alexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu | |
Metropolitans | Alexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu | Ioan Vancea | Victor Mihaly de Apşa | Vasile Suciu | Alexandru Nicolescu | Alexandru Rusu | banned under Communism | Alexandru Todea | Lucian Mureşan | |
Major Archbishops | Lucian Mureşan |
Anti-Communist Metropolitans and Bishops in Romania | ||
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Greek Catholic | Vasile Aftenie | Ioan Bălan | Tit Liviu Chinezu | Ioan Dragomir | Ioan Duma | Valeriu Traian Frenţiu | Iuliu Hirtea | Iuliu Hossu | Ioan Ploscaru | Alexandru Rusu | Ioan Suciu | Alexandru Todea | |
Roman Catholic | Szilárd Bogdánffy | Adalbert Boros | Alexandru Cisar | Anton Durcovici | Imre Erös | Áron Márton | Augustin Pacha | Johannes Scheffler | Joseph Schubert | |
Orthodox | Grigorie Leu | Nicodim Munteanu | Visarion Puiu |