Alexandru Todea [SEP] place of birth
Alexandru Todea
Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureş County–22 May 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, suffering in Pitești 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
influenced by others, he consecrated three bishops on his own, without discussion with other bishops or Vatican approval. He died in Bucharest and was buried alongside his parents in Ariniş. The funeral took place during a period of comparatively relaxed persecution, and was attended by bishops Alexandru Todea, Ioan Chertes and Ioan Ploscaru.