Ioan Moța

Ioan Moța
180px Ioan Moța
Born	(1868-12-15)15 December 1868 Nojag, Austria-Hungary
Died	Bucharest, Romania
Residence	Austria-Hungary, Romania
Citizenship	Austria-Hungary, Romania
Fields	Politics, Theology
Known for	journalistic activity
Influenced	political thought in Austria-Hungary and Romania

Ioan Moța (Nojag, Hunedoara County, 15 December 1868 - Bucharest, 20 November 1940) was a Romanian priest and journalist. Moța is buried at Orăștie.

In March 1917, Moța was a member of a group of exiled Romanian Habsburg subjects who were sent as a delegation to the United States to champion Romania's cause.

Journalistic works

• "Foaia Poporului", Sibiu (1893-1895), “
• "Revista Orăștiei" (1895- 1898),
• "Telegraful Român" (1898-1899)
• "Bunul Econom", Orăștie (1899 - 1901)
• "Libertatea" (1902-1915, 1919-1933), Orăștie
• "Libertatea" (1917), Cleveland, Ohio
• "Foaia Interesantă" (1917), Cleveland, Ohio

See Also

• Ion Moța, his son

References

• Vasile Stoica, "In America pentru cauza romaneasca", Tip. Universul, București 1926.
• Florin Mirghesiu - "Iași - Washington via Siberia, Coreea, Japonia și Hawaii", in Magazin Istoric, no. 12, December 2004.
• Lucian Boia, "On the history of rumanian immigration to America," in Romanian Studies, 1973-1975.

External links

• http://www.crestinortodox.ro/D-Ioan_Mota-10541-270.html