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Iuliu Hossu (January 30 1885 Milaș present-day Bistriţa-Năsăud County – May 28 1970 Bucharest) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal (never functioning) and victim of the Communist regime. Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to cardinal in pectore in 1969 but did not publish his appointment until 1973 after Hossu’s death.He was arrested by the Communist authorities on October 28 1948.
