Iuliu Hossu

His Eminence, Blessed Iuliu Hossu
Bishop of Cluj-Gherla
Iuliu Hossu, c. 1920
Church	Romanian Greek-Catholic Church
Diocese	Cluj-Gherla
See	Cluj-Gherla
Appointed	21 April 1917
Term ended	28 May 1970
Predecessor	Vasile Hossu
Successor	George Guțiu
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Administrator of Maramureș (1930–1931) Apostolic Administrator of Oradea Mare (1941–1947)
Orders
Ordination	27 March 1910 by Vasile Hossu
Consecration	3 March 1917 by Victor Mihaly de Apșa
Created cardinal	28 April 1969 (in pectore) 5 March 1973 (revealed) by Pope Paul VI
Rank	In pectore
Personal details
Born	Iuliu Hossu (1885-01-30)30 January 1885 Milaș, Beszterce-Naszód County, Austria-Hungary
Died	28 May 1970(1970-05-28) (aged 85) Colentina Hospital, Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Buried	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Motto	Credința noastră este viața noastră (Our faith is our life)
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	28 May
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Martyr
Beatified	2 June 2019 Liberty Field, Blaj, Romania by Pope Francis
Attributes	Episcopal vestments Crown of martyrdom Martyr's palm
Patronage	Romania Persecuted Christians

Styles of Iuliu Hossu
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Posthumous style	Blessed
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Cluj-Gherla

Iuliu Hossu (30 January 1885 – 28 May 1970) 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 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.^[1] He is venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and blessed, having been beatified by Pope Francis.