Miloslav Vlk
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His Eminence Miloslav Vlk |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague | |
Miloslav kardinál Vlk, 2012
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Prague |
| Installed | 1 June 1991 |
| Term ended | 13 February 2010 |
| Predecessor | František Tomášek |
| Successor | Dominik Duka |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme |
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| Ordination | 23 June 1968 |
| Consecration | 31 March 1990 |
| Created Cardinal | 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal |
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| Born |
17 May 1932 Lišnice, Sepekov, Czechoslovakia, (Present day Czech Republic) |
| Died | 18 March 2017 (aged 84) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Previous post | Bishop of České Budĕjovice (1990-1991) |
| Motto | Ut Omnes Unum Sint |
| Coat of arms |  |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Prague (emeritus) |
Miloslav Vlk ([ˈmɪloslaf ˈvl̩k]; 17 May 1932 – 18 March 2017) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Prague from 1991 to 2010. He was made a cardinal in 1994. He was also the President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (1993–2001).
Vlk was born in the hamlet of Líšnice, part of Sepekov parish, in the Písek District of Southern Bohemia. He spent his childhood in Záluží near Chyšky, where he attended elementary school and experienced the hard labour of farm work.
At the age of 11, he first started thinking about the priesthood. This initial idea of a priestly vocation came to him because he felt particularly challenged by a poster hanging in his parish church that continued to attract his attention. The poster said: 'Wouldn't you like to become a priest?'. That goal seemed unattainable at the time, so he dreamed of becoming an aircraft pilot.
On 20 June 1952 he passed his final examination at Secondary School in České Budějovice, Southern Bohemia. In those years of Communist persecution theological studies were impossible, so from 1952 to 1953 he worked at the Motor Union automobile factory in České Budějovice and from 1953 to 1955 did military service in Karlovy Vary.
Despite the political situation, after being discharged he was able to study archival science at the Arts Faculty of the Charles University in Prague and received his degree in 1960. He worked in various archives in Southern Bohemia: at the Regional Archives of Třeboň in Jindřichův Hradec, and from December 1960 to 1964 at the Civic and District Archives of České Budějovice, where he served as director.
In this same period he published a series of articles in various scientific reviews. In 1964 he left this work in order to study at the Theology Faculty of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Litoměřice (1964–1968).
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