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Ioan Bălan
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop (1880-1959)
BlessedRomania
Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1880
Died
1959
Beatified
2 June 2019
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Ioan Bălan (11 February 1880 – 4 August 1959) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Iuliu Hossu Blessed“Iuliu Hossu is one of seven bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, with Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Vasile Aftenie, Ioan Suciu, Tit Liviu Chinezu, Ioan Bălan and Alexandru Rusu, who gave their lives to stay beside their people in the darkest years of the dictatorship.” — this site's research
Sources
- Wikidata Q1671890 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ioan Bălan (CC BY-SA)
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