Ioan Suciu

He was a united Romanian bishop , arrested by the communist authorities in 1948 and died in prison. He was beatified by Pope Francis in 2019 . It is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 2 . ∼ Roman Catholic Bishop. The fourth of nine children, Ioan Suciu was born in Blaj from a family who gave the Church several priests. One of his brothers, Gheorghe Claudiu Suciu was a chemist who contributed in the development, design and testing processes for the oil industry and a member of the Romanian Academy. An avid member of the Blaj Sports Club, Ioan attended the local Sfântul Vasile high school until the age of seventeen, when he decided to pursue his vocation as a priest. Sent to the Byzantine College of Saint Athanasius after earning a baccalaureate, he obtained doctorates in philosophy and theology, studying the latter under the renowned of Reginald Garrigou Lagrange, who personally congratulated him in front of all during his graduation ceremony, a rare circumstance on such occasio