Valeriu Traian Frențiu was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop who served the Eparchy of Oradea Mare and the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia and Făgăraș. Born in Reșița in 1875, he studied theology in Budapest and Vienna before being ordained in 1898. Throughout his extensive career, he oversaw the construction of various churches and supported religious periodicals. Following the rise of the Communist regime in Romania, he was arrested without trial in 1948. He died in Sighet prison in 1952 after refusing to convert to Eastern Orthodoxy.