{{short description|Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = His Eminence | name = Alexandru Todea | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia|Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia]] | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Romanian Greek Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia|Făgăraș and Alba Iulia]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | term_start = 1990 | term_end = 20 July 1993 | predecessor = [[Alexandru Nicolescu]] | opposed = | successor = [[Lucian Mureșan]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina <!---------- Orders The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those clergy claiming Apostolic succession, such as Catholics, Orthodox and Anglicans. ---------->| ordination = 25 March 1939 | consecration = 19 November 1950 | cardinal = 28 June 1991 | created_cardinal_by = [[John Paul II]] | rank = Cardinal-Priest <!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1912|6|5}} | birth_place = [[Gornești|Marostelek]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2002|5|22|1912|6|5}} | death_place = [[Târgu Mureș]], [[Romania]] | buried = [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Blaj|Cathedral of Blaj]] | nationality = Romanian | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = | alma_mater = [[Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide]] | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Sainthood ----------> | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }}

'''Alexandru Todea''' (5 June 1912, [[Gornești|Teleac]], [[Mureș County]]&ndash;22 May 2002, [[Târgu Mureș]]) was a [[Romania]]n [[Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church|Greek-Catholic]] bishop of the [[Romanian Greek Catholic Major Archeparchy of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia|Alba Iulia Diocese]] and later [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]. He was also a victim of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|communist regime]], suffering at [[Jilava Prison|Jilava]], [[Sighet Prison|Sighet]], and [[Pitești Prison|Pitești]] prisons.

Born into a peasant family, Todea was the 13th of 16 children. After attending primary school in his native village, and high school in [[Reghin]] and [[Blaj]], [[Metropolitan bishop]] [[Vasile Suciu (bishop)|Vasile Suciu]] send him to pursue his [[Theology|theological]] studies in [[Rome]]. He received his doctorate from the [[Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide]] and returned to Romania in 1940.<ref name="bio">{{cite web| url=http://www.bru.ro/blaj/todea_co.asp|title=Biography|website=www.bru.ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701175028/http://www.bru.ro/blaj/todea_co.asp|archive-date=2007-07-01|language=ro}}</ref> He was created cardinal on 28 June 1991 and given the [[titular church]] of [[Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/cardinal/120.htm|title= Cardinal Title S. Athanasii ad viam Tiburtinam|website=GCatholic.org}}</ref>

Todea is buried at the [[Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Blaj|Cathedral of the Holy Trinity]] in [[Blaj]].

==References== {{Reflist}} * Valentin Borda and Mircea Borda, ''Alexandru Todea: protopop, episcop, mitropolit, cardinal în Biserica Română Unită cu Roma, Greco-Catolică'', Târgu-Mureș: Casa de editură Petru Maior, 1999. {{ISBN|9789738018006}} * Silvestru Augustin Prunduș and Clemente Plăianu, ''Cardinalul Dr. Alexandru Todea: la 80 de ani (1912-1992)'', Ordinul Sfînful Vasile cel Mare, Provincia "Sf. Apostoli Petru si Pavel", 1992. {{OCLC|31595331}} * Silvestru Augustin Prunduș and Clemente Plăianu, ''Catolicism și Ortodoxie Românească – scurt istoric al Bisericii Române Unite'', Cluj-Napoca: Casa de Editură Viața Creștină, 1994.

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