Szilárd Bogdánffy
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| Feast | 3 October |
| Attributes | solideo or bishop's cap and gown, palm |
| Patronage | Bishops, Priests |
Szilárd Ignác Bogdánffy (21 February 1911 – 3 October 1953) was a
Biography
Szilárd Bogdánffy was born to ethnic Hungarian parents on 21 February 1911 in the village of Feketetó, then part of Torontál County, Austria-Hungary; today called Crna Bara, near the town of Kikinda, district Northern Banat, autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. He lived there with his family until 1925. He was baptized in the parish church of Čoka to which his village belonged and where his father was a cantor.
The Bogdánffy family is a Transylvanian
Study and priesthood
Bogdánffy went to elementary school in Crna Bara until 1925, when the Bogdánffy family moved to
Bishop in secret
After the end of the war, the new Romanian communist leadership started a campaign against the Christian religion (especially against Catholics). As a consequence, the Vatican allowed secret consecration of bishops. Dr. Szilárd Bogdánffy was consecrated as bishop of Oradea of the Latins and auxiliary bishop of Satu Mare on 14 February 1949 by Gerald Patrick O'Hara, Regent of the Apostolic Nunciature to Bucharest. The new bishop was arrested and imprisoned only two months later. He had previously been approached, on several occasions, by representatives of the regime, with the request that he lead an "independent Romanian Latin-rite Church, with no ties to the Vatican" which he adamantly refused.[2] Until his death he spent four years as a captive in various prisons throughout Romania, including the evil-reputed Cape Midia camp at the Danube–Black Sea Canal. He fell seriously ill, being affected by bad conditions and regular torture. At Aiud Prison, as the Byzantine rite Catholic bishop of Lugoj, Ioan Ploscaru recalled, Bishop Bogdánffy was "humble and serene, always ready to help his fellow sufferers". Although lying sick with serious pneumonia, the prison doctor refused him the necessary medication claiming he was not worthy of it. He died in solitary confinement on 3 October 1953 at Aiud Prison.
Beatification
His
Notes
- A Timișoara (German: Temeschburg, also Temeswar or Temeschwar, Hungarian: Temesvár, Serbian: Темишвар, Temišvar, Turkish: Tamışvar) is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. It is the capital of Timiș County.
- B Stefan or István Fiedler was born in the Banat too, in Nagybecskerek, today Zrenjanin, Serbia.
References
- ^ Mușat, Mircea; Arimia, Vasile (1985). Fătu, Mihai; Ardeleanu, Ion (eds.). Teroarea horthysto-fascistă în Nord-Vestul României: septembrie 1940-octombrie 1944 (in Romanian). București: Editura Politică.
- ^ Petrovici, Georgeta (16 October 2010). "Beatificarea unui român mort în pușcăria Aiud" (in Romanian). Evenimentul Zilei. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ Grigore, Cristina (12 May 2010). "Episcopul Bogdánffy de Oradea va fi beatificat în acest an | Arhidieceza Romano-Catolică de București". www.arcb.ro (in Romanian). București. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Benedict al XVI-lea a aprobat decretul privind beatificarea episcopului Szilárd Bogdánffy, episcop de Oradea Marea a Latinilor, martir pentru credinţă în 1953 la închisoarea din Aiud". www.radiovaticana.org (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "La Chiesa proclamerà una nuova santa e otto nuovi beati". www.radiovaticana.org (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "1953". www.hagiographycircle.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
Bibliography
- Ioan Ploscaru, Lanțuri și teroare, Editura Signata, Timișoara, 1993, pp. 185–189.
- Nagyvárad2010, p. 36.
External links
- magnificat.ro
- Report about new Blessed Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- News: Erdély ma
- Erdély ma from: 6. IV. 2010
- Catholic Newspaper: Magyar Kurír
- Catholic Hierarchy
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