Ioan Sabo

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Ioan Sabo (16 August 1836 – 2 May 1911) was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár from 1879 to 1911.

The Greek Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla is a diocese of the Byzantine Rite of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia.

Born in Istrău, today in Romania (then Esztró, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire) in 1836, he was ordained a priest on 4 September 1859. He was confirmed the Bishop by the Holy See on 15 May 1879. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 3 August 1879. The principal consecrator was Bishop Mihail Pavel.^[1]

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He died in Gherla, today in Romania (then Szamosújvár, Austria-Hungary) on 2 May 1911.

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References

↑ Bishop Ioan Szabó. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-04-30.

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Preceded by Mihail Pavel	Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár 1879–1911	Succeeded by Vasile Hossu

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[1] Bishop Ioan Szabó. catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-04-30.