Gheorghe Ciuhandu (priest)

Gheorghe Ciuhandu (April 23, 1875 – April 29, 1947) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church, theologian, historian and advocate for ethnic Romanians' rights in Transylvania.
Biography
Born into a priestly family in Biharrósa, Bihar County (now Roșia, Bihor County), he enrolled in the Theological Institute of Arad, where in 1893 he took part in protests against the Hungarian government's dismissal from the faculty of Bishop Vasile Mangra. Graduating in 1898, he enrolled in the doctoral program at Czernowitz University upon the recommendation of Bishop Iosif Goldiș. In 1905, he obtained his doctorate with distinction and returned to Arad, intending to begin a university career. In 1906, when fourteen members of the Romanian National Party were elected to the Hungarian Parliament, his expressed support for their policies led him to clash with the Institute's director. The same year, he was named school inspector for the Arad Diocese...