Bust of Blessed Bishop Apor Vilmos
Bust of Blessed Bishop Apor Vilmos
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
GPS coordinates:
46.2211004948, 24.7930334267
History
Apor Vilmos (1892-1945) was born on 29 February 1892 in the northern wing of the nearby former county hall (now the Town Hall). Although Apor Vilmos's family, of baronial rank, originated in Háromszék (Székelyland), he was a native of Segesvár, as his father Baron Apor Gábor (1851-1898) was the ispán of Nagy-Küküllő County. The lawyer father, as a large landowner in Torja, built a resort at the spa below Bálványos Castle (in Háromszék), thus creating the famous Bálványosfürdő.
Apor Vilmos was appointed bishop of Győr on 21 January 1941. On 28 March 1945 (Good Wednesday) the Soviet siege of Győr began. The bishop took in all the refugees, and hundreds of people found shelter in the cellars of the Bishop's Castle. He celebrated his last mass here on Holy Thursday. On 30 March, after refusing to hand over women who had fled to his residence, he was shot dead by a Soviet soldier. The bust of Bishop Apor Vilmos was unveiled on 28 August 1993. It is the work of Hunyadi László. The martyred bishop was beatified on 9 November 1997 by Pope John Paul II in St Peter's Square in Rome.
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