Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1924		Born
1 Oct 1950	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
24 Aug 1951	27.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop
6 Feb 1990	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
28 Jun 1991	67.4	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1991	67.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
9 Jun 2005	81.3	Retired	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia
24 Oct 2015	91.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nitra, Slovakia

MicroData Summary
Ján Chryzostom Korec
Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec S.J.
(born 22 Jan 1924, died 24 Oct 2015)
Bishop Emeritus of Nitra

Consistory - 1991: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Bošany, Diocese of Nitra
Ordained Bishop (in secret), Czechoslovakia

a priest for 65.0 years
a bishop for 64.1 years
a cardinal for 24.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Robert Pobožný †
Titular Bishop of Neila
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †
Bishop

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. † (1951)
Bishop
Bishop Robert Pobožný † (1949)
Titular Bishop of Neila
Archbishop Josef Karel Matocha † (1948)
Archbishop of Olomouc
Archbishop Josef Beran † (1946)
Archbishop of Praha {Prague}
Archbishop Saverio Ritter † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Aegina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Peter Beňo (1996)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Dominik Kalata, S.J. † (1955)
Bishop František Rábek (1991)
Bishop Štefan Vrablec † (1998)
Bishop Marián Chovanec (1999)
Bishop Viliam Judák (2005)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alojz Tkáč † (1990)
Bishop Eduard Kojnok † (1990)
Bishop Rudolf Baláž † (1990)
Bishop Dominik Tóth † (1990)
Bishop Vladimír Filo † (1990)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/295293
VIAF: 66570450
WikiData: Q548336

Source(s):

op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1951, Number 80
c1: CB, 11 Jan 2014
d: CB, 24 Oct 2015
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 59, Number 4,418
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 61, Number 4,674
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 69, Number 5,474

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