Michael Czerny


Michael F. Czerny

Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Czerny standing in front of the sculpture Angels Unawares
Czerny in front of Angels Unawares, 2019.
ChurchLatin Church
Installed23 April 2022
PredecessorPeter Turkson
Other post(s)Cardinal Deacon of San Michele Arcangelo a Pietralata (2019–present)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination9 June 1973
by Thomas Benjamin Fulton
Consecration4 October 2019
by Pope Francis
Created cardinal5 October 2019
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Michael F. Czerny

(1946-07-18) 18 July 1946 (age 78)
NationalityCanadian
DenominationCatholic
Alma mater
MottoSuscipe
(Receive)
Ordination history of
Michael Czerny
History
Priestly ordination
Date9 June 1973
PlaceRegis College, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorPope Francis
Co-consecrators
Date4 October 2019
PlaceSt. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date5 October 2019
Styles of
Michael F. Czerny
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Michael F. Czerny SJ (born 18 July 1946) is a Czechoslovakian-born Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development since 2022. He was under secretary of the dicastery's Migrants and Refugees Section from 2017 to 2022. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2019.

A member of the Jesuits, Czerny has worked to promote social justice in Canada, Latin America, Africa, and Rome.