TELEGRAM UPON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL TODEA

VATICAN CITY, MAY 23, 2002 (VIS) - John Paul II sent a telegram from Azerbaijan to Archbishop Lucian Murecan of Fagaras y Alba Iulia, Romania, upon the death, yesterday afternoon, of Cardinal Alexandru Todea, emeritus of the same diocese, at 89 years of age. The cardinal was born in Teleac, Romania in June 1912, and was ordained a priest in 1939, bishop in 1950 and made a cardinal in 1991. He spent 16 years in jail and 27 years under house arrest during the period of the communist regime. The last time that he was with the Pope was during his pastoral visit to Romania in May of 1999.

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