Ioan Suciu

For the Romanian Olympic gymnast, see Ioan Silviu Suciu.

Blessed Ioan Suciu
Apostolic Administrator of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Church	Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
See	Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
Appointed	1947
Term ended	27 June 1953
Predecessor	Valeriu Traian Frențiu
Successor	Alexandru Todea
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Moglaena (1940-53)
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare (1940–47)
Orders
Ordination	29 November 1931
Consecration	22 July 1940 by Valeriu Traian Frențiu
Personal details
Born	Ioan Suciu (1907-12-04)December 4, 1907 Blaj, Romania
Died	27 June 1953(1953-06-27) (aged 45) Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș, Romanian People's Republic
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Sainthood
Feast day	23 June
Venerated in	Romanian Greek Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	2 June 2019 Câmpia Libertății, Blaj, Romania by Pope Francis
Attributes	Episcopal attire

Ioan Suciu (December 4, 1907 – June 27, 1953) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, born into a clerical family in Blaj.

Suciu studied in Rome, Italy first at Sant'Atanasio and then at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where after six years of study he received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology on 29 November 1931, and was ordained to the priesthood.[1] He was then consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea in 1940.

Arrested in 1948 under the new Communist regime that outlawed the Church, Suciu was taken first to Dragoslavele Monastery, then to Căldărușani Monastery. He was eventually sent to the notorious Sighet Prison, where he died of illness.[1]

Streets are named after him in Oradea and Satu Mare. On June 2, 2019, Suciu and six other Romanian prelates were beatified by Pope Francis at Câmpia Libertății in Blaj.[2]

Notes

1. "Episcopul Ioan Suciu". Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (in Romanian). Retrieved April 25, 2012.
2. "Pope in Romania: Who are the 7 Greek-Catholic martyrs?". Vatican News. June 2, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.