Jozef Tomko | |
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President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses | |
Appointed | 23 October 2001 |
Term ended | 1 October 2007 |
Predecessor | Edouard Gagnon |
Successor | Piero Marini |
Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 12 March 1949 by Luigi Traglia |
Consecration | 15 September 1979 by John Paul II |
Created cardinal | 25 May 1985 by John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal priest |
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Born | |
Died | 8 August 2022 Rome, Italy | (aged 98)
Buried | St Elisabeth Cathedral, Košice |
Nationality | Slovak |
Denomination | Catholic |
Motto | "Ut ecclesia aedificetur" |
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Styles of Jozef Tomko | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001 and president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses from 2001 to 2007. He was made a cardinal in 1985.