Vasile Suciu (bishop)
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Vasile Suciu (13 January 1873, Kopacsel,
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– 25 January 1935, Blaj) was a
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of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia, considered to be the most important
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of the Greek-Catholic Church in
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. After completing high school in Blaj, he pursued his theological studies in
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at the '' Propaganda Fide'', obtaining Ph.D.s in Philosophy (1894) and Theology (1898). In 1919, he was elected honorary member of the Romanian Academy. On 1 January 1920, Vasile Suciu was appointed Metropolitan, with approval from the
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, and with consent from
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. During his tenure, a
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between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Romania was signed on 10 May 1927, and ratified on 7 July 1929 by the Iuliu Maniu government.


Works

* "Hipnotism și spiritism", Studiu critici-teologic, Blaj, 1906, 198 p. * "Teologia Dogmatică fundamentală", 2 vol., Blaj, 1907 (vol.I. "Apologetica creștină", VI + 387 p.; vol. II. "Tradițiunea și Biserica", 402 p.; ed. a II-a, Blaj, 1927, 516 + 522 p.) * "Teologia Dogmatică specială", 2 vol., Blaj, 1908 (vol.I, "Dumnezeu unul. Sfânta Treime. Dumnezeu Creatorul. Întruparea Domnului. Grația", 606 p., vol. II. "Sacramentele în general. Sacramentele în special. Eshatologia", 604 p., ed. a II-a, Blaj, 1927, 631 + 700 p.)


External links

*
''Archbishop Vasile (Basile) Suciu'' at Catholic-hierarchy.org
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at CrestinOrtodox.ro *
"Biserica Română Unită între cele două războaie mondiale"
, at BRU.ro *
"Comemorarea Mitropolitului Vasile Suciu"
''Catholica'', Blaj, January 26, 2005

1873 births 1935 deaths People from Brașov County Honorary members of the Romanian Academy Romanian Austro-Hungarians Primates of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church 19th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 19th-century Romanian clergy 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops 20th-century Romanian people Delegates of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia Eastern Catholic bishops in Romania {{RomanianGreekCatholic-bishop-stub