Imre Alfréd Erőss
Imre Alfréd Erőss (born July 7, 1909 in Prisian ( Hungarian Perestyén ), Krassó-Szörény County , Austria-Hungary ; † July 31, 1950 in Cluj ( German Klausenburg ), Romania ) was auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Alba Iulia between 1949 and 1950 .
Life
Imre Eröss, of Hungarian descent, attended the Piarist high school (Timișoara) and wanted to become a Jesuit , which his father forbade him. He began studying in Târgu Secuiesc ( Hungarian Kézdivásárhely , German Szekler Neumarkt ). The study of theology , he began in 1929 in Alba Iulia and put it later in Rome continued. He was ordained a priest on October 27, 1935 . Initially hospital chaplain, he was prefect at the seminary in Alba Iulia from 1938 to 1941 , and from 1944 professor of dogmatics in Cluj-Napoca .
On February 2, 1949, Eröss was ordained bishop in the chapel of the Nunciature in Bucharest by Gerald Patrick O'Hara , the official of the Apostolic Nunciature in Romania. Co- consecrators were Áron Márton , the bishop of Alba Iulia , and Ioan Ploscaru , the auxiliary bishop of Lugoj .
On August 2, 1950, Bishop Imre Alfréd Erőss died in a hospital in Cluj and was buried in the Turda cemetery. He published several theological and religious education writings.
See also
Web links
- Entry on Alfréd Eross on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 10, 2018.
- Eross, Alfred in the Magyar Katolikus Lexicon (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erőss, Imre Alfréd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eröss, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prisian , Krassó-Szörény County , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1950 |
| Place of death | Cluj , Romania |