Bishop Iuliu Hossu †

Deceased

Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian)

Note/Previous Titular See: (not revealed as Cardinal until after his death)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jan 1885		Born	Milasul Mare
27 Mar 1910	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
21 Apr 1917	32.2	Appointed	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
4 Dec 1917	32.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár (Romanian), Romania
19 Jul 1930	45.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
31 Jan 1931	46.0	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
29 Aug 1941	56.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
1947²	61.9	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania
28 Apr 1969	84.2	Elevated to Cardinal	In Pectore
28 May 1970	85.3	Died	Bishop of Cluj-Gherla (Romanian), Romania
5 Mar 1973	88.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Died Before Publication

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

Consistory - 1969: Created Cardinal (In Pectore)
Consistory - 1973: Published (Previously a Cardinal In Pectore)

a priest for 60.2 years
a bishop for 52.5 years
a cardinal for 1.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Vasile Hossu †
Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Victor Mihályi de Apsia †
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Demetrie Radu †
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Valeriu Traian Frentiu †
Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Victor Mihályi de Apsia † (1875)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Archbishop Ioan Vancea (Vancsa) † (1865)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Iosif Papp-Szilágyi † (1863)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Archbishop Alexandru Şterca Şuluţiu de Kerpenyes † (1851)
Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Bishop Vasile Erdély † (1843)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Basilius Bosicskovich, O.S.B.M. †
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina

Ordained Deacon:
Alexandru Cardinal Todea † (1938)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Vasile (Basile) Suciu † (1920)
Archbishop Alexandru Nicolescu † (1922)
Bishop Alexandru Rusu † (1931)
Bishop Ioan Balan † (1936)
Bishop Ioan Suciu † (1940)
Bishop Titu Liviu Chinezu † (1949)
Archbishop Ioan Chertes † (1949)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1917, Number 52

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