Valeriu Traian Frențiu
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Blessed Valeriu Traian Frențiu | |
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| Bishop of Oradea Mare | |
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| Church | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Oradea Mare |
| See | Oradea Mare |
| Appointed | 25 February 1922 |
| Term ended | 11 July 1952 |
| Predecessor | Demetriu Radu |
| Successor | Vasile Hossu |
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| Ordination | 28 September 1898 |
| Consecration | 14 January 1913 by Victor Mihaly de Apşa |
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| Born | 25 April 1875 Reșița, Romania |
| Died | 11 July 1952 (aged 77) Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș, Romania |
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| Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd University |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 2 June |
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| Beatified | 2 June 2019 Liberty Field, Blaj, Romania by Pope Francis |
| Attributes | Episcopal attire |
Blessed Valeriu Traian Frențiu (25 April 1875 – 11 July 1952) was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1922 to 1952. His beatification occurred on 2 June 2019.[1][2][3]
Life and career[]
His father was a priest named Joachim and his mother named Rozalia.
He studied theology in Budapest (1894–98), and in 1902 he received his Ph.D. in Theology.
The Greek-Catholic clergy[]
He was ordained a priest on 28 September 1898. He worked at the Diocese of Lugoj as rector, dean of Drastic, chancellor and vicar apostolical.
Greek Catholic Bishop[]
On November 4th,1912, he was appointed bishop of Lugoj at age 37. On 25 February 1922, Bishop Frentiu was transferred to Oradea and mounted on 3 May that year.
On September 5th, 1937, the church dedicated Madaras, and consecrated the church in Istria and Greek-Catholic Bocsa on September 8th of that same year.
After the death of Bishop Alexander Niculescu in 1941, Bishop Frentiu was moved to the position of Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia and Fagaras, ministering here throughout the war. In 1947, he returned to Oradea.
Under communist persecution[]
In Oradea he was arrested on October 28th, 1948 and went into camp at Dragoslavele, and then the refusal to pass the Romanian Orthodox Church in February 1949, was taken to the monastery Căldăruşani.
At Căldăruşani, Valeriu Traian Frenţiu consecrated Bishop Bishop, underground, on John Chertes the night of Christmas of 1949.
End of life[]
In 1950, he arrived at Sighet Prison, where, after two years, unable to bear the hardness of extermination regime, he died on July 11th, 1952. Other bishops also dead in Sighet, was buried in one night, without a coffin in a mass grave in the Cemetery of the Poor. His grave was leveled to obscure his burial place and to avoid pilgrimages to the graves of the martyrs killed in Sighet.
There has been tried and convicted. In 2011, the City Council decision Resita Dr. Valeriu Traian Frenţiu Martyr Bishop was elected Honorary Citizen of Resita Post Mortem, a town that Frenţiu was born.
Beatification[]
On 19 March 2019, Pope Francis approved the beatification of Frenţiu and six other Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century.[4] Pope Francis personally presided over the beatification of Frențiu and the other six bishops at Liberty Field in Blaj, Romania on 2 June 2019.[1][2]
Gallery[]
He renovated the Greek Catholic Church in Beiuș at his own expense
Frențiu sitting among priests including Fr. Alexander Ratiu.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "A joyous celebration in Romania as Pope Francis beatifies seven bishop-martyrs". America Magazine. 2 June 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Pope Warns Of Divisive Ideologies As He Beatifies Romanian Bishops". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
- ^ "Pope to beatify martyrs, visit Marian shrine on trip to Romania". National Catholic Reporter. 25 March 2019.
- ^ Brockhaus, Hannah. "Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs". Catholic News Agency.
Bibliography[]
- , Istoria Bisericii universale și a Bisericii românești de la origini până în zilele noastre, Casa de Editură „Viața Creștină”, Cluj-Napoca, 1994. ISBN 973-96661-5-9
- Ioan Ploscaru, Lanțuri și Teroare, Editura Signata, Timișoara, 1993, ISBN 973-551-028-6
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