Ioan Bălan
Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop (1880-1959)
Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Ioan Bălan (11 February 1880 – 4 August 1959) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. He is venerated as a Blessed in the Roman Catholic Church.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Iuliu Hossu Blessed“Iuliu Hossu is one of seven bishops of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, with Valeriu Traian Frenţiu, Vasile Aftenie, Ioan Suciu, Tit Liviu Chinezu, Ioan Bălan and Alexandru Rusu, who gave their lives to stay beside their people in the darkest years of the dictatorship.” — this site's research
- Santi, beati e testimoni - BeatoGiovanni Bălan — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: BeatoGiovanni Bălan - Vescovo e martire | Teius, Romania, 11 febbraio 1880 – Bucarest, Romania, 4 agosto 1959.
- Wikidata Q1671890 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ioan Bălan (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.