János Scheffler

" " All in Christ renew " " Pope St. Pius X.

János Scheffler ( born October 29, 1887 in Kálmánd, Satu Mare (Romania); † December 6, 1952 Jilava ) was Roman Catholic bishop of Satu Mare and Oradea Mare. Beatified on November 3, 2011.

Life

János Scheffler came from a poor family, attended high school in Satu Mare, studied theology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Budapest and was ordained a priest on July 6, 1906. He studied in Rome and a doctorate in canon law. He taught philosophy and theology at the seminary in 1923 in Satu Mare, Oradea 1926 at the seminary and in 1940 canon law at the University of Cluj.

March 26, 1942, he was named by Pope Pius XII. Bishop of Satu Mare. He was consecrated on 17 May 1942, the Archbishop of Esztergom Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi OSB; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Csanád, Gyula smooth fields and the Bishop of Košice, István Madarász. On April 9, 1948, he was appointed after re- merging the two dioceses also Bishop of Oradea Mare.

On May 23, 1950 Bishop Janos Scheffler was arrested and placed under house arrest in the Franciscan monastery. On March 10, 1952, he was brought to the prison Jilava in Bucharest, where he was tortured, he died on December 6, 1952 and was buried anonymously. The exact site was recorded by the Orthodox priest of the prison, and he showed him a Catholic priest, who dug up the earthly remains secret. They were buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Satu Mare; 17 June 2011 one spent it in a side altar of the cathedral.

Blessed hands drying

On July 3, 2011, he was on the main square in Satu Mare, in the presence of Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. beatified. The main celebrant was Cardinal Péter Erdo.