10 December 1951(1951-12-10) (aged 63) Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania
Nationality
Austro-Hungarian-Romanian
Previous post(s)
Apostolic Administrator of București (1948–49)
Alma mater
Pontifical Urban University
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto
Beatus populus cuius Deus Dominus ("Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord")
Sainthood
Feast day
20 December
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Beatified
17 May 2014 Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, Iași, Romania by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Attributes
Episcopal attire
Patronage
Diocese of Iași
Persecuted Christians
Anton Durcovici (17 May 1888 – 10 December 1951) was a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Iași from 1947 until his death.[1][2] Durcovici was a victim of Romania's Communist regime, under which he was imprisoned; he died while in jail.[1] He was known for being a zealous bishop who visited each parish within the confines of his diocese and known for his efforts in preaching the Gospel to all that he could.[3][4] He likewise was known for his staunch commitment to the values of the Gospel and for his allegiance to the Church which led to his false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of the communist regime.[3][5] Durcovici was a professor of seminarians and taught his students subjects such as canon law. His zeal as a priest led to his appointment in Bucharest as a rector for seminarians and his renown in Romania led to his episcopal appointment as a bishop.
The beatification process for the late bishop commenced in the 1990s and culminated in 2013 after Pope Francis approved his beatification; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the 2014 beatification on the pope's behalf in Durcovici's old diocese.[2][1]
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^Fabian Doboş (2014). "The Life of Bishop Anton Durcovici". Issuu. Retrieved 4 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
^Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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