Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec, S.J.

Bishop Emeritus of Nitra

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1924		Born	Bošany
1 Oct 1950	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
24 Aug 1951	27.6	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 Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli
9 Jun 2005	81.4	Retired	Bishop of Nitra, Slovakia

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

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Nitra.

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Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec, S.J. (1951)
Bishop Pavel Mária Hnilica, S.J. † (1951)
Bishop Robert Pobožný † (1949)
Archbishop Joseph Matocha † (1948)
Josef Cardinal Beran † (1946)
Archbishop Saverio Ritter † (1935)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Dominik Kalata, S.J.
Bishop František Rábek
Bishop Štefan Vrablec
Bishop Marián Chovanec
Bishop Viliam Judák
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alojz Tkác
Bishop Eduard Kojnok
Bishop Rudolf Baláž
Bishop Dominik Tóth
Bishop Vladimír Filo

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