Jozef Cardinal Tomko †

Deceased

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1924		Born
12 Mar 1949	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Košice, Slovakia
12 Jul 1979	55.3	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Doclea
12 Jul 1979	55.3	Appointed	Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
15 Sep 1979	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Doclea
24 Apr 1985	61.1	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
25 May 1985	61.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
25 May 1985	61.2	Elevated to Cardinal
27 May 1985	61.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
29 Jan 1996	71.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
9 Apr 2001	77.0	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
23 Oct 2001	77.6	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
1 Oct 2007	83.5	Retired	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
8 Aug 2022	98.4	Died	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

MicroData Summary
Jozef Tomko
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
(born 11 Mar 1924, died 8 Aug 2022)
President Emeritus of International Eucharistic Congresses

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Udavské, Diocese of Košice, Slovakia
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) St. Elizabeth, Cathedral, Košice, Archdiocese of Košice, Slovakia

a priest for 73.4 years
a bishop for 42.8 years
a cardinal for 37.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Luigi Traglia †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo †
Titular Archbishop of Thagora
Bishop Andrew Gregory Grutka †
Bishop of Gary, Indiana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pietro Sambi † (1985)
Bishop Mathias Kappil † (1986)
Bishop Amedeus Msarikie † (1986)
Bishop Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, O.F.M. Cap. † (1986)
John Cardinal Njue (1986)
Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. † (1986)
Bishop Joseph Victor Adamec † (1987)
Bishop Longinus Atundo † (1987)
Bishop Edouard Mathos † (1988)
Bishop Jean-Gabriel Diarra † (1988)
Jean Cardinal Zerbo (1988)
Bishop František Tondra † (1989)
Bishop Ján Hirka † (1990)
Archbishop Alojz Tkáč † (1990)
Bishop Eduard Kojnok † (1990)
Bishop Rudolf Baláž † (1990)
Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir † (1990)
Archbishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar (1992)
Bishop Yohannes Woldegiorgis † (1992)
Bishop Joseph Sunday Ajomo † (1992)
Bishop Augustin Misago † (1992)
Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O. (1992)
Archbishop Bernard Bober (1993)
Bishop Linus Okok Okwach † (1993)
Bishop Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. † (1994)
Bishop Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I. (1994)
Archbishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung (1994)
Bishop Ernest Patili Assi † (1994)
Bishop Victor Dovi Hounnaké † (1994)
Bishop Pierre Koffi Seshie † (1994)
Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I. † (1994)
Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † (1995)
Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty (1995)
Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante (1995)
Archbishop Philip Naameh (1995)
Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah † (1995)
Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu (1995)
Archbishop Boniface Lele † (1996)
Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (1996)
Bishop Luigi Locati † (1996)
Bishop Vincent Samuel (1996)
Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † (1996)
Bishop Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. (1997)
Bishop Timothée Modibo-Nzockena † (1997)
Bishop Joseph Oforishe Egerega † (1997)
Bishop John ’Oke Afareha (1997)
Bishop Wenceslas Compaoré † (1997)
Archbishop Paul Yemboaro Ouédraogo (1997)
Bishop Janvier Kataka Luvete (1997)
Bishop Jozef Zlatňanský † (1997)
Archbishop Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (1998)
Archbishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † (1998)
Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S. (1998)
Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (1998)
Archbishop Zef Gashi, S.D.B. (1998)
Archbishop Francisco Javier Múnera Correa, I.M.C. (1999)
Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C. (2000)
Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (2000)
Bishop Patrick Joseph Harrington, S.M.A. (2000)
Bishop Francis Baldacchino, O.F.M. Cap. † (2000)
Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. (2001)
Bishop Peter Rusnák (2008)
Archbishop Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R. (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Franco Illia † (1993)
Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita † (1993)
Bishop Robert Ashta, O.F.M. † (1993)
Bishop Zef Simoni † (1993)
Bishop Stanislav Stolárik (2004)
Bishop Viliam Judák (2005)
Bishop Jozef Hal’ko (2012)
Bishop Marek Forgáč (2016)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Udavské, Diocese of Košice, Slovakia
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	St. Elizabeth, Cathedral, Košice, Archdiocese of Košice, Slovakia

External Link(s):

VIAF: 39392191
WikiData: Q257423

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 55, Number 4,044
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 56, Additions/Corrections (front)
opd: AM, 28 May 2022
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 25 May 1985
d: CB, 8 Aug 2022
opd: AM, 10 Jan 2023

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