Jozef Tomko

Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.[1]

His Eminence Jozef Tomko
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
Jozef Tomko in 2018 at Zvir Mountain in Litmanová, Slovakia
Appointed23 October 2001
Reign ended1 October 2007
PredecessorEdouard Gagnon
SuccessorPiero Marini
Other postsCardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Orders
Ordination12 March 1949
Consecration15 September 1979
by Pope John Paul II
Created Cardinal25 May 1985
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born(1924-03-11)11 March 1924
Udavské, Czechoslovakia (Present day Slovakia)
Died8 August 2022(2022-08-08) (aged 98)
Rome, Italy
NationalitySlovak
DenominationRoman Catholic
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Tomko became the oldest living member of the College of Cardinals in July 2021, after the death of Albert Vanhoye.

Tomko died on 8 August 2022 from problems caused by a fall in Rome, Italy at the age of 98.[2]

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