Iuliu Hossu (January 30th, 1885 – May 28th, 1970) was the bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church and Cardinal, a defender of the rights of the Romanians in Austria-Hungary. He obtained PhD degrees in Philosophy and Theology in Rome, and, in December 1917, he was appointed Bishop of Gherla. At the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia, he read the Declaration of Unification to the crowd.
