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Vasile Aftenie

Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop (1899-1950)

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Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1899

Died

1950

Beatified

2 June 2019

unverified

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Vasile Aftenie (14 June 1899 – 10 May 1950) was a Romanian Auxiliary bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, titular Bishop of Ulpiana, martyr of the faith and Servant of God of the Catholic Church.

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The miracles

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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 Q1346181 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Vasile Aftenie (CC BY-SA)

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