Ioan Bălan
Ioan Bălan (born February 11, 1880 in Teiuș ( Hungarian : Tövis), Unterweissenburg County , Austria-Hungary ; † August 4, 1959 in Bucharest ) was Romanian-Greek-Catholic bishop of the Lugoj diocese ( Hungarian : Lugos ) in Romania .
Life
The tenth of twelve children of a farming family attended elementary school in their hometown and then the high school in Blaj . After graduating from high school, he studied in Budapest and was ordained a celibate priest on July 7, 1903 . He traveled to Vienna for further studies . He was pastor and dean ( archpriest ) in Bucharest .
On August 29, 1936 he was appointed Bishop of Lugoj as the successor to Alexandru Nicolescu , who was archbishop of the diocese of Făgăraş . It was consecrated on October 18, 1936 in the Cathedral of Lugoj by Archbishop Alexandru Nicolescu. Co- consecrators were Iuliu Hossu the bishop of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Újvár and Alexandru Rusu the bishop of Maramureş .
After the ban on the Romanian Greek Catholic Church by the communists , he was arrested on October 29, 1948 and imprisoned with other bishops in Dragoslavele . He was imprisoned or under arrest for many years. From 1950 to 1955 he was incarcerated in the notorious Sighet Prison, tried and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor. The verdict was not carried out on the now 75-year-old, he was under house arrest in the Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Ciorogârla and Căldăruşani , near Bucharest , until his death .
He died seriously ill on August 4, 1959 in the hospital in Bucharest. He was buried in the Bellu Catholic Cemetery in Bucharest.
Beatification process
The beatification procedure was initiated for Ioan Bălan . In the course of this, on March 19, 2019 , Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Bălan and six other bishops who perished in the communist persecution of the Church as a prerequisite for beatification. The Pope himself beatified him on June 2, 2019 in Blaj .
literature
- Biography for the canonization of the bishops Valeriu Traian Frențiu , Iuliu Hossu , Alexandru Rusu , Ioan Balan, Ioan Suciu , Titu Liviu Chinezu and Vasile Aftenie
- Sergiu Stoica, Episcop Ioan Bălan Editura Galaxia Gutenberg 2012 ISBN 978-973-141-459-1
Web links
- Entry on Ioan Bălan on catholic-hierarchy.org
- detailed biography Ioan Balan Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică (BRU)
- Viaggio Apostolico di Papa Francesco in Romania (31 maggio - 2 giugno 2019) - Divina Liturgia con la Beatificazione di 7 Vescovi Martiri Greco-Cattolici nel Campo della Libertà di Blaj e Recita del Regina Coeli. Press Office of the Holy See , June 2, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 (sermon of Pope Francis at the beatification with German translation).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
- ↑ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Additions / Corrections (front)
- ^ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1936, Number 75
- ↑ Silvestru Augustin Prunduş and Clemente Plăianu, Catholicism and Orthodoxy Romanian. Brief history of the Romanian United Church , Christian Life Publishing House, Cluj 1994.
- ↑ Silvestru Augustin Prunduş and Clemente Plăianu, the 12 martyrs bishops , publishing "The Christian Life", Cluj 1998th
- ^ Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 19, 2019, accessed March 19, 2019 (Italian).
- ↑ Pope beatifies martyr bishops of the communist era. Vatican News , June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandru Nicolescu |
Bishop of Lugoj 1936–1959 |
Ioan Ploscaru |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bălan, Ioan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian clergyman and bishop of Lugoj |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teiuș , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1959 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |