Josef Beran
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His Eminence Josef Beran Servant of God |
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| Archbishop of Prague | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Prague |
| Metropolis | Prague |
| See | Prague |
| Installed | 4 November 1946 |
| Term ended | 17 May 1969 |
| Predecessor | Karel Kašpar |
| Successor | František Tomášek |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Via Flaminia |
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| Ordination | 10 June 1911 |
| Consecration | 8 December 1946 by Saverio Ritter |
| Created Cardinal | 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Josef Beran |
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29 December 1888 Plzeň, Bohemia |
| Died | 17 May 1969 (aged 80) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Buried | Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |
| Motto | Eucharistia et labor ("Eucharist and labor") |
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| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Servant of God |
| Attributes | Cardinal's attire |
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Styles of Josef Beran |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Prague |
| Ordination history of Josef Beran | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 10 June 1911 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Saverio Ritter (Titular Archbishop of Aegina) |
| Co-consecrators | Moric Picha (Hradec Králové) Antonin Eltschkner (Titular Bishop of Zephyrium) |
| Date of consecration | 8 December 1946 |
| Place of consecration | Cathedral of St. Vitus, Prague |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Paul VI |
| Date of elevation | 22 February 1965 |
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Bishops consecrated by Josef Beran as principal consecrator
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| Joseph Matocha | 2 May 1948 |
Josef Beran (29 December 1888 – 17 May 1969) was a Czech cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Prague from 1946 until his death and was elevated into the cardinalate in 1965.
His cause of canonization commenced in 1997 and this bestowed upon him the title of Servant of God. He was granted the rare honor of being buried in the Vatican and remains the sole Czech national to be buried there.
Josef Beran was born in Plzeň in 1888 as the son of a schoolteacher. He was the eldest son.
Beran studied at the seminary in Plzeň and later at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 10 June 1911 in Rome and then did pastoral work in Pilsen until 1932. Beran was made the spiritual director of the Prague seminary and served as a professor at Charles University in 1932. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 11 June 1936 by Pope Pius XI. Beran ensured that Pope Pius XI's encyclical Mit brennender Sorge, condemning Nazism, was published throughout Prague.
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