Aloysius Ambrozic
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His Eminence (Matthew) Aloysius Ambrozic |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Toronto | |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Diocese | Toronto |
| See | Toronto |
| Installed | March 17, 1990 |
| Term ended | January 30, 2007 |
| Predecessor | Gerald Emmett Carter |
| Successor | Thomas Christopher Collins |
| Other posts | Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto |
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| Ordination | June 4, 1955 by James Charles McGuigan |
| Consecration | March 26, 1978 by Philip Francis Pocock |
| Created Cardinal | February 21, 1998 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Alojzij Ambrožič |
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January 27, 1930 Gabrje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern-day Slovenia) |
| Died | August 26, 2011 (aged 81) Toronto, Ontario |
| Buried | Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Parents | Aloysius Ambrozic (Alojzij Ambrožič) Helen Pecar (Helena Pečar) |
| Alma mater | Angelicum |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Toronto (emeritus) |
Alojzij Matthew Ambrožič (January 27, 1930 – August 26, 2011) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Toronto. He was made a cardinal on 21 February 1998.
Ambrožič was born near Gabrje, Republic of Yugoslavia (modern-day Slovenia) as Alojzij Ambrožič as one of seven children of Alojzij (or "Lojze") Ambrožič and Helena Pečar. In May 1945 he and his family fled to Austria, where he completed high school in Ljubljana and various refugee camps (Vetrinj, Peggez and Spittal an der Drau). The family went to Canada in September 1948, studied at St. Augustine's Seminary and Ambrožič was ordained a priest in Toronto on 4 June 1955. He served first in Port Colborne, Ontario, and later taught at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto.
He studied theology in Rome (he earned a degree in theology from the Angelicum). On his return to Canada, he taught Scripture at St Augustine's Seminary from 1960 to 1967. He then studied at the University of Würzburg in Germany and there obtained a doctorate in theology in 1970. He taught exegesis at the Toronto School of Theology from 1970 to 1976, when he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on 27 May of that year. On 22 May 1986 he became Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, and duly succeeded to the position of Archbishop of Toronto on 17 March 1990.
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