RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alexandru Todea

1912 - 2002

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Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureș County–22 May 2002, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, and Pitești prisons. Born into a peasant family, Todea 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandru Todea is the 2,499th most popular religious figure (up from 2,537th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alexandru Todea ranks 2,499 out of 3,187. Before him are Claude Fleury, Lorenzo Antonetti, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Marguerite Bays, and Hossein Wahid Khorasani. After him are Jeanne Jugan, Richard Hooker, Nicholas Charnetsky, Franz Ehrle, Ingund, and Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Alexandru Todea ranks 228. Before him are Jaroslav Bouček, Julián Berrendero, Jehan Buhan, Roger Courtois, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Robert Jacobsen. After him are Otto Siffling, Sándor Végh, Givi Javakhishvili, Jacques Soustelle, Herluf Bidstrup, and Roger Michelot. Among people deceased in 2002, Alexandru Todea ranks 180. Before him are R. M. Hare, Sanya Dharmasakti, Frances Ames, Eugene Odum, George Sidney, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. After him are Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Arno Peters, Aileen Riggin, Ibn al-Khattab, Tore Svensson, and Kakhi Asatiani.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Alexandru Todea ranks 293 out of 844. Before him are Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860), Nichita Stănescu (1933), Alexandru Marghiloman (1854), Florence Baker (1841), Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880), and Alexandra Maria Lara (1978). After him are Emil Boc (1966), Sándor Végh (1912), Petrache Poenaru (1799), Gheorghe Apostol (1913), George Coșbuc (1866), and Teodor Axentowicz (1859).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Romania

Among religious figures born in Romania, Alexandru Todea ranks 7. Before him are John Cassian (360), Peter Mogila (1596), Lucian Mureșan (1931), Stephen Pongracz (1582), Iuliu Hossu (1885), and Sabbas the Goth (334). After him are Lőrinc Schlauch (1824), Vilmos Apor (1892), Andreo Cseh (1895), and Solomon Schechter (1847).

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