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EMANUIL GOJDU (1802-1870) was born in Oradea and he has a
Macedonian
origin. After attending the premonstratens highschool from Oradea, between
1820-1821 he was a student at the Law Academy in Oradea, then at Pojon
(Bratislava) and Budapest. After graduating he settled down in Budapest and
he was named probationist at the "Regal Table". In 1832 he
married Anatasia
Pometa, who had also a Macedo-Romanian origin. During the revolution from
1848-1849, Emanuil Gojdu had a temperate attitude, fighting for the
separation of the Romanian Orthodox Church from the Serbian Hierarchy,
together with Nicolae Jiga, Ioan Fonai and others.
In 1861 he is named county-man in Caras, where he took measures so
that "the Romanian language to be the official one in all the
internal affairs". In 1866 he was elected deputy of Tinca. Later,
dissapointed by his incapacity of achieving his plans for equality
of the Romanians in Transilvania he retired from the public life.
Emanuil Gojdu's will was elaborated on the 4th of November and it
was published on the day of his death (on the 3rd of February).This
contained the following main riders: for 50 years (1871-1921) two
thirds of the income of the Foundation
is capitalized and one third
is distribuited as scholarships to "all these young Romanian
students of orthodox religion, distinguished through their good
behaviour and talent, born in Hungary (and Transilvania, part of
Hungary in that time), who's parents are not able to sustain
financially their children's education and upbringing" (5th
paragraph, page 1).
During the years 1921-1971, three fifthes are
capitalized and two fifthes are given as scholarships, and between
1971-2021 half of the income is capitalized and the other half is
offered as scholarships. In the end, during the years 2021-2071, a
tenth is deposit in a trust-fund and the rest of it will be used,
besides for the scholarships, "for any purposes of the Romanians
which are members of the Eastern Orthodox Church from Hungary". The
Foundation was administrated by a group of secular men and servants
of the altar, leaded by the metropolitan bishop and all the Romanian
Greek-Oriental bishops from Hungary and Transilvania". After the
union of Transilvania and Romania, the most important part of the
estate of the Foundation was left in Hugary. On the 27th of October
1937 an agreement was concluded between the Romanian and the
Hungarian governments on this matter. The mitropolitan seat from
Sibiu remained further on the heir of the Foundation, but its
representatives decided to leave a part of its funds for the
Romanians from Hungary.
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