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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Bishop
|honorific_prefix = [[Beatification|Blessed]]
|name = Tit Liviu Chinezu
|title = [[Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians|Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia]]
|church = [[Romanian Greek Catholic Church]]
|archdiocese = Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia
|see = Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia
|appointed = November 1949
|term_end = 15 January 1955
|predecessor = [[Vasile Aftenie]]
|successor = [[Virgil Bercea]]
|other_post = Titular Bishop of Regiana (1949-55)
|ordination = 31 January 1930
|consecration = 3 December 1949
|consecrated_by = [[Valeriu Traian Frențiu]]
|birth_name = Tit Liviu Chinezu
|birth_date = 22 June 1904
|birth_place = [[Huduc]], [[Mureş County]], [[Romania]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1955|01|15|1904|06|22}}
|death_place = [[Sighet Prison]], [[Sighetu Marmației]], [[Maramureș County]], Romania
|alma_mater = [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas]]
|venerated = {{unbulleted list|Romanian Greek Catholic Church|[[Roman Catholic Church]]}}
|feast_day = 2 June
|attributes = Episcopal attire
|beatified_date = 2 June 2019
|beatified_place = [[Câmpia Libertății]], [[Blaj]], [[Romania]]
|beatified_by = [[Pope Francis]] }}

[[Beatification|Blessed]] '''Tit Liviu Chinezu''' (June 22, 1904 – January 15, 1955) was a [[Romania]]n bishop of the [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Greek-Catholic Church]].
[[Beatification|Blessed]] '''Tit Liviu Chinezu''' (June 22, 1904 – January 15, 1955) was a [[Romania]]n bishop of the [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Greek-Catholic Church]].


Born to a priest in [[Huduc]] village, [[Mureş County]], he went to Rome in 1925, studying first at [[Sant'Atanasio]] college and becoming a [[Doctor of Sacred Theology]] at the ''Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum'', the future [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'']] in 1930. He was elevated to the priesthood on 31 January 1930.<ref>http://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/ Accessed 15 August 2013</ref>
Born to a priest in [[Huduc]] village, [[Mureş County]], he went to Rome in 1925, studying first at [[Sant'Atanasio]] college and becoming a [[Doctor of Sacred Theology]] at the ''Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum'', the future [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'']] in 1930. He was ordained to the priesthood on 31 January 1930.<ref>http://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/ Accessed 15 August 2013</ref>


Arrested in October 1948 by the authorities of the new [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] that outlawed the church, he was secretly ordained bishop in December 1949 by other detained bishops. Never tried or sentenced, he was eventually sent to [[Sighet prison]]. He died there of [[hypothermia]].<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/3/ Episcopul Tit Liviu Chinezu] at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed April 25, 2012</ref>
Arrested in October 1948 by the authorities of the new [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] that outlawed the church, he was secretly ordained bishop in December 1949 by other detained bishops. Never tried or sentenced, he was eventually sent to [[Sighet prison]]. He died there of [[hypothermia]].<ref>{{ro icon}} [http://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/3/ Episcopul Tit Liviu Chinezu] at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed April 25, 2012</ref>

[[Pope Francis]] beatified him and six other Romanian bishop martyrs on 2 June 2019 in [[Blaj]].


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Revision as of 11:52, 9 June 2019

Blessed

Tit Liviu Chinezu
Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia
ChurchRomanian Greek Catholic Church
ArchdioceseFăgăraş şi Alba Iulia
SeeFăgăraş şi Alba Iulia
AppointedNovember 1949
Term ended15 January 1955
PredecessorVasile Aftenie
SuccessorVirgil Bercea
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Regiana (1949-55)
Orders
Ordination31 January 1930
Consecration3 December 1949
by Valeriu Traian Frențiu
Personal details
Born
Tit Liviu Chinezu

22 June 1904
Huduc, Mureş County, Romania
Died15 January 1955(1955-01-15) (aged 50)
Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania
Alma materPontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Sainthood
Feast day2 June
Venerated in
Beatified2 June 2019
Câmpia Libertății, Blaj, Romania
by Pope Francis
AttributesEpiscopal attire

Blessed Tit Liviu Chinezu (June 22, 1904 – January 15, 1955) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.

Born to a priest in Huduc village, Mureş County, he went to Rome in 1925, studying first at Sant'Atanasio college and becoming a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in 1930. He was ordained to the priesthood on 31 January 1930.[1]

Arrested in October 1948 by the authorities of the new Communist regime that outlawed the church, he was secretly ordained bishop in December 1949 by other detained bishops. Never tried or sentenced, he was eventually sent to Sighet prison. He died there of hypothermia.[2]

Pope Francis beatified him and six other Romanian bishop martyrs on 2 June 2019 in Blaj.

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.bru.ro/blaj/lista-episcopilor/ps-tit-liviu-chinezu/ Accessed 15 August 2013
  2. ^ Template:Ro icon Episcopul Tit Liviu Chinezu at the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic site; accessed April 25, 2012

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