Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec, S.J.

Bishop Emeritus of Nitra

Cardinal-Priest of Santi 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 Santi 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)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Diocese of Nitra.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

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 Joseph 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 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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

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)

Source(s):

op/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 127
b/c2: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1951, Number 80

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