Stanisław Nagy Explained

Type:cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy
Honorific-Suffix:SCJ
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
Church:Santa Maria della Scala
See:Santa Maria della Scala
Appointed:21 October 2003
Term Start:21 October 2003
Term End:5 June 2013
Predecessor:François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán
Ordination:8 July 1945
Ordained By:Stanislaw Rospond
Consecration:13 October 2003
Consecrated By:Franciszek Macharski
Cardinal:21 October 2003
Created Cardinal By:Pope John Paul II
Rank:Cardinal-Deacon
Birth Date:30 September 1921
Birth Place:Bieruń Stary, Poland
Buried:St. John Paul II Center, Krakow, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Religion:Roman Catholic
Previous Post:Titular Archbishop of Hólar (2003)
Motto:in te cor Jesu speravi
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Stanisław Nagy.svg
Cardinal Name:Stanisław Nagy
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:none

Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, SCI (30 September 1921 – 5 June 2013) was a Polish member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a cardinal.[1] He was born in 1921 in Bieruń, Silesia, Poland, to a Hungarian father and Polish mother. In 1937 he became a member of the Dehonian Congregation and was ordained a priest in 1945. He was a rector in Kraków-Płaszów, in Tarnów and a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.

In the early 1970s Nagy served on the International Theological Commission, the Joint-Catholic-Lutheran Commission and on the editorial staff of the Catholic Encyclopedia. He attended Synods in 1981 and 1985 as well as writing books on ecumenism and Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated as Archbishop and was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala on 21 October 2003. Cardinal Nagy died on 5 June 2013 in Kraków, Poland.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy, Stanisław Kazimierz Cardinal Nagy, S.C.I. †
  2. Web site: W Krakowie zmarł kardynał Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy. Polish. 5 June 2013. 5 June 2013. Gazeta.pl.