Anton Durcovici, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anton Durcovici

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 17-May-1888

Place of Birth: Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1951

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Blessed Anton Durcovici (17 May 1888 - 10 December 1951) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate and the Bishop of Iasi from 1947 until his death.
Durcovici was a victim of the Communist regime in which he was imprisoned; he died while jailed.
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.
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.
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.