János Scheffler

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The native form of this personal name is Scheffler János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Roman Catholic Church
Beatified3 July 2011
Satu Mare Cathedral, Romania
by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Attributes
  • Episcopal attire
  • Palm
Patronage
  • Diocese of Satu Mare
  • Diocese of Oradea Mare
    • ShrinesSatu Mare Cathedral

    János Scheffler (

    Roman Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of two dioceses before acting as the Bishop of Oradea Mare.[1] He was imprisoned due to opposing the Communist government policies and was killed while imprisoned. He had been noted during his episcopate for his attentiveness to vocations and for the defense of the faith from those forces that sought to disrupt it such as communism.[2][3]

    His beatification took place in 2011.

    Life

    János Scheffler was born on 29 October 1887 in Kálmánd, Austria-Hungary (now Cămin, Romania) as the second of ten children. He became a Romanian citizen after the Treaty of Trianon granted the region to the Kingdom of Romania in 1920. His brother was Franz Scheffler (3 October 1894 - 29 October 1956).[1][2]

    In 1897 he began to feel called to become a priest though did not begin an active pursuit of this dream until 1906 since he began his high school studies in 1898 with the

    Eucharistic Congress in Chicago from 20–24 June 1926.[2][3] In 1939 he became a spiritual director
    .

    In 1942, Scheffler was elected to be the Bishop of Szatmárnémeti, while in November 1945 he was transferred as the Bishop of

    Bishop of Maramureș that the new communist regime had arrested. At the time 1950 began all bishops in Romania had been arrested and Scheffler himself was among the last being placed under house arrest on 23 May 1950. He refused an offer to become a bishop in a national church subjected to the regime and so was imprisoned as a result of this on 19 March 1952.[1]

    In Jilava Prison he was tortured after having boiling water poured onto him. He died there in the morning of 6 December 1952.[3] News of his death reached Satu Mare in 1953 and his remains were buried in the Satu Mare Cathedral in 1965; an Orthodox priest had noted the location and had the remains moved since the late bishop had been placed in an unmarked grave. His remains were exhumed on 17 June 2011 and interred in another location in the Satu Mare Cathedral.[1]

    Beatification

    The beatification process started on 12 December 1991 under

    Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" and titled Scheffler as a Servant of God. The diocesan process opened on 8 December 1994 and concluded a short time later on 5 December 1996 while the C.C.S. validated the process in Rome on 13 May 1998. The C.C.S. also received the Positio
    in 2002 for assessment which theologians approved on 1 July 2009 as did the C.C.S. on 20 April 2010.

    On 1 July 2010,

    Eger archbishop Csaba Ternyák and the Alba Iulia archbishop György Jakubinyi
    .

    The current postulator for this cause is the Salesian priest János Szöke.

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e "Blessed János Scheffler". Saints SQPN. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    2. ^ a b c d "Blessed János Scheffler". Mindszenty. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    3. ^ a b c d "Blessed Janos Scheffler". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
    4. ^ Lenzenweger, Joseph (1959). Sancta Maria de Anima. Herder. p. 167.

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