Iuliu Hossu

Cardinal, victim of the Communist regime

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 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.Pope Francis confirmed Hossu and six other prelates' beatification in 2019 and it was celebrated in Blaj, Romania on 2 June 2019.

Pope Francis personally presided over the beatification as well.