Ioan Moța (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an ˈmot͡sa]; Nojag, Hunedoara County, 15 December 1868 - Bucharest, 20 November 1940) was a Romanian Orthodox priest, nationalist politician, and journalist, as well as father to prominent Iron Guard personality Ion Moța.

After moving to Oraștie in 1899, he wrote for the newspapers Bunul Econom ("The Good Economist") and Libertatea ("Freedom"), the latter of which was edited alongside several prominent Romanian nationalist figures.

Facing suppression of the newspaper in Austria-Hungary, Moța relocated to Bucharest, where he continued his journalistic activity.

He was elected senate representative for Hunedoara County in 1931, as a candidate for Uniunea Națională ("The National Union").

[5][6] In 1937, after his son Ion was killed when fighting as a Nationalist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, Ioan Moța gave him a memorial editorship role at Libertatea.