Demetriu Radu
Demetriu Radu (born October 26, 1861 in Tompaháza ( German : Neudorf or Thomaskirch ), Unterweißburg County , Grand Duchy of Transylvania ; † December 9, 1920 in Bucharest ) was Bishop of Oradea Mare (Großwardein) of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church .
Life
Demetriu Radu attended elementary school in his hometown and high school in Blaj . Archbishop Ioan Vancea sent him to Rome from 1879 to 1885 to study theology and philosophy at the Collegium St. Athanasius . At the same time he was active in the Congregation Propaganda Fide and received his doctorate in theology in 1885. He was ordained a priest in Rome on July 26, 1885 . Back home, Archbishop Vacea sent him to Bucharest in 1886 to look after the Romanian-Greek-Catholic believers. Since there was no Romanian Greek Catholic church representation in the capital at the time, he was accepted as a guest by the Roman Catholic Archbishop Paul Joseph Palma . He preached in several languages (Romanian, French, German and Italian) in St. Joseph's Cathedral.
On November 22, 1896 Demetriu Radu was elected Bishop of Lugoj . Pope Leo XIII. confirmed this election on December 3, 1896. It was consecrated on May 9, 1897 by Victor Mihaly de Apşa , the archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia in the cathedral of Blaj . On May 16, 1897, he was installed in the Lugoj Cathedral in his diocese. He campaigned for the improvement of school teaching, especially religious education, built churches and rented rooms in private houses to be able to celebrate worship there.
On June 25, 1903 Demetriu Radu was appointed Bishop of Oradea. The solemn installation took place on August 16, 1903 in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Oradea. He first built the residence, an extension wing was built for school education. He had the cathedral restored and churches and schools built. Pope Pius X appointed him papal assistant to the throne .
He was a member of parliament after the First World War . Bishop Demetriu Radu and Minister Dumitru Greceanu were killed in a bomb attack on the Senate building in Bucharest on December 8, 1920 . They were buried together in a state funeral. His bones were later removed and transferred to the crypt of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Oradea.
Web links
- Demetriu Radu on the homepage Episcopia Greco-Catolică Oradea (Romanian)
- Demetriu Radu on the homepage of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (Romanian)
- Entry on Demetriu Radu on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silvestru Augustin Prunduş, Clemente Plăianu: Catholicism and Orthodoxy Romanian. Brief history of the Romanian United Church , Christian Life Publishing House, Cluj 1994.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio, Year 1913
- ^ Annuario Pontificio, Year 1921.
- ^ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 354, and Page 359.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Mihail Pavel |
Bishop of Großwardein 1903–1920 |
Valeriu Traian Frențiu |
| Victor Mihali |
Bishop of Lugoj 1896–1903 |
Basil Hossu |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radu, Demetriu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian clergyman and Bishop of Oradea, Bishop of Lugoj |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tompaháza |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1920 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |