Background
Todea, Alexandru Cardinal was born on June 5, 1912 in Teleac, Romania.
archbishop cardinal Catholic priest
Todea, Alexandru Cardinal was born on June 5, 1912 in Teleac, Romania.
He was also a victim of the communist regime. Born into a peasant family, he was the 13th of 16 children. After attending primary school in his native village, and high school in Reghin and Blaj, Metropolitan bishop Vasile Suciu send him to pursue his theological studies in Rome.
He was created Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1991 and given the titular church of Sant"Atanasio a Via Tiburtina.