Vasile Aftenie was a Romanian Greek-Catholic auxiliary bishop and titular bishop of Ulpiana who lived from 1899 to 1950. Born in Lodroman, he pursued theological studies in Blaj and Rome before serving as a priest, professor, and rector. Following the outlawing of his church by the communist regime, he refused to convert to Orthodoxy, famously declaring that neither his faith nor his nation was for sale. He was arrested in 1948 and died in 1950 in a Bucharest prison after being subjected to severe torture.