BOOK REVIEW: Viorel Rusu, „The Maramureş Diocese of the Romanian Church United with Rome during the pastorate of Bishop Alexandru Rusu (1931-1948)”

Abstract

Viorel Rusu is currently the director of the Maramureş County Museum of History and Archaeology, a position he has held since 2007, before being the director of the Maramureş County Directorate of National Archives, during 1998-2007, as well as archivist during 1996-1998. Viorel Rusu's fields of interest focus on political and religious life after the First World War until the 1970s, with an even more pronounced emphasis on the 4-6 decades of the twentieth century. Analyzing the geographical area on which the historian turns his attention, it can be seen the fact that Maramureş County is most often targeted in the studies published by him. Therefore, Viorel Rusu's doctoral thesis, the work entitled “The Maramureş diocese of the Romanian church united with Rome during the pastorate of Bishop Alexandru Rusu (1931-1948)” is part of the author's long-standing concerns, being a topic of interest his. Due to his experience as an archivist, but also as director of the National Archives, along with numerous studies related to political and religious life in Maramureş, the author is qualified to complete the proposed research.