Jozef Tomko
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His Eminence Jozef Tomko |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses | |
Jozef Tomko, right, in East Cath. Vest, in red Card. Sandri and bp. Rusnak
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| Appointed | 23 October 2001 |
| Term ended | 1 October 2007 |
| Predecessor | Edouard Gagnon |
| Successor | Piero Marini |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina |
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| Ordination | 12 March 1949 by Luigi Traglia |
| Consecration | 15 September 1979 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 25 May 1985 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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11 March 1924 Udavské, Czechoslovakia (Present day Slovakia) |
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | ut ecclesia aedificetur |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Jozef Tomko (born 11 March 1924) is a Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.
Jozef Tomko was born 11 March 1924 in Udavské, near Humenné, in Czechoslovakia (now part of the Republic of Slovakia). In 1943 he entered the Theological Faculty of Bratislava, and was sent to Rome to study at the Pontifical Lateran Athenaeum and Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained his doctorates in theology, canon law, and social sciences. Tomko was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Luigi Traglia on 12 March 1949 in St. John Lateran.
He continued his studies at the Lateran and Gregorian University while doing pastoral work in Rome and Porto e Santa Rufina until 1979. From 1950 to 1965, he served as vice-rector and later rector of the Pontifical Nepomucenum College. He taught at the International University Pro Deo from 1955 to 1956 as well. During this period, Monsignor Tomko was actively involved in establishment of the Slovak Institute of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Rome. He visited several times the Slovak communities in the US, Canada and various European countries. Tomko has for decades regularly addressed Slovak Catholics through Vatican Radio and in recent years also through Catholic TV Lux.
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