Word: trifa
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...laws of the church, ruled Judge Emerich B. Freed, "clearly [give] Americans of Rumanian ancestry the right to elect their own bishop." It was a victory for Cleveland's Dr. Viorel Trifa, who was elected bishop by a majority of the church's parishes last year, and for the Very Rev. John Trutza, president of the Episcopate's council. Said Father Trutza: "Our fight was one of Rumanian-American citizens to establish by law their complete freedom from the threat of foreign Communist influence...