Szilárd Bogdánffy was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Oradea and Satu Mare who lived from 1911 to 1953. Born into a noble Transylvanian Armenian family, he was ordained a priest in 1934 and later earned a doctorate in philosophy and dogmatics. During the Second World War, he faced interrogation for protecting Jewish people. Following his secret episcopal consecration in 1949, he was arrested by the communist regime for refusing to establish a state-controlled church independent of the Vatican, eventually dying in prison.