Honorific Prefix: | Father |
Epaminonda Lucaciu | |
Nationality: | Romanian |
Birth Date: | February 25, 1877 |
Birth Place: | Sâncrai, Austria-Hungary |
Death Date: | July 29, 1960 |
Death Place: | Cluj |
Occupation: | Priest |
Education: | Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide |
Church: | Romanian Greek Catholic Church |
Epaminonda Lucaciu (February 25, 1877 - July 29, 1960) was a Romanian Greek Catholic priest who was the first Romanian priest sent to the United States of America.[1] [2]
The son of Vasile Lucaciu, Epaminonda Lucaciu received a scholarship to study at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide Fide in Rome, Italy.[3]
On the 19th of November 1905, Lucaciu established Saint Helena Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church. Lucaciu served at the parish until 1907.[1]