Anton Durcovici
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Anton Durcovici (17 May 1888 – 10 December 1951) was a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Iași from 1947 until his death.[1][2] Durcovici was a victim of Romania's Communist regime, under which he was imprisoned; he died while in jail.[1] He was known for being a zealous bishop who visited each parish within the confines of his diocese and known for his efforts in preaching the Gospel to all that he could.[3][4] He likewise was known for his staunch commitment to the values of the Gospel and for his allegiance to the Church which led to his false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the communist regime.[3][5] Durcovici was a professor of seminarians and taught his students subjects such as canon law. His zeal as a priest led to his appointment in Bucharest as a rector for seminarians and his renown in Romania led to his episcopal appointment as a bishop.
Anton Durcovici | |
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Bishop of Iași | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Iași |
See | Iași |
Appointed | 30 October 1947 |
Installed | 14 April 1948 |
Term ended | 10 December 1951 |
Predecessor | Mihai Robu |
Successor | Petru Gherghel |
Orders | |
Ordination | 24 September 1910 by Pietro Respighi |
Consecration | 5 April 1948 by Gerald Patrick O'Hara |
Personal details | |
Born | Anton Durcovici (1888-05-17)17 May 1888 |
Died | 10 December 1951(1951-12-10) (aged 63) Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania |
Nationality | Austro-Hungarian-Romanian |
Previous post(s) | Apostolic Administrator of București (1948–49) |
Alma mater | |
Motto | Beatus populus cuius Deus Dominus ("Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord") |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 20 December |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 17 May 2014 Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, Iași, Romania by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Attributes | Episcopal attire |
Patronage |
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The beatification process for the late bishop commenced in the 1990s and culminated in 2013 after Pope Francis approved his beatification; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the 2014 beatification on the pope's behalf in Durcovici's old diocese.[2][1]