Joseph Schubert (24 June 1890 – 4 April 1969) was a

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n cleric and a

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of the

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Born to an

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family in

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, he studied theology at

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, becoming doctor of theology and being ordained a priest in 1916. After returning to Romania, he was assigned as parish priest in Caramurat, and in 1931 as a priest attached to the Bucharest cathedral. He also taught at the theological seminary in his native city. Following the 1949 arrest of

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by the authorities of the new

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, he was made

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of the

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, being consecrated

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in June 1950. Arrested in February 1951, he was sentenced to hard labor for life and freed in August 1964.

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was among the places where he was incarcerated.Birtz and Kierein, p.12 Forced to reside at first in Timişu de Sus, he was under constant surveillance from agents of the Religious Affairs Department. In January 1969 he was allowed to emigrate to Western Europe, meeting

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the following month and dying in

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in April.Birtz and Kierein, p.77 It was Schubert who consecrated

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bishop in 1950. Prior to leaving Romania, he transferred his administrative duties to Iosif Gonciu, who in turn left them to

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in 1983.

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*Mircea Birtz and Manfred Kierein, ''Alte fărâme din prescura prigoanei (1948-1989)''. Editura Napoca Star, Cluj-Napoca, 2010,

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