List of Famous people with last name Hossu

Vasile Hossu

First Name Vasile

Last Name Hossu

Born on May 17, 1919

Died on June 8, 1997 (aged 78)

Born in Romania, Satu Mare County

Vasile Hossu was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Oradea Mare from 1990 to 1997.

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Iuliu Hossu

First Name Iuliu

Born on January 30, 1885

Died on May 28, 1970 (aged 85)

Born in Romania, Bistrița-Năsăud County

Iuliu Hossu was a Romanian Greek-Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to the rank of cardinal in pectore, that is, secretly, in 1969 but did not publish his appointment until after Hossu's death. The Communist authorities arrested Bishop Hossu on 28 October 1948. From 1950 to 1955 he was detained as political prisoner at the Sighet prison. He spent the rest of his life under house arrest and died in 1970.

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