Edmund Szoka | |
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President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | |
Appointed | October 15, 1997 |
Term ended | September 15, 2006 |
Predecessor | Rosalio José Castillo Lara |
Successor | Giovanni Lajolo |
Other post(s) | Cardinal Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio (1988–2014) |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 5, 1954 by Thomas Lawrence Noa |
Consecration | July 20, 1971 by John Francis Dearden |
Created cardinal | June 28, 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal priest |
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Born | |
Died | August 20, 2014 Novi, Michigan, United States | (aged 86)
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Motto | To live in faith |
Styles of Edmund Szoka | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
Edmund Casimir Szoka (September 14, 1927 – August 20, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Until 2006, he was President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, having previously served as Bishop of Gaylord from 1971 to 1981 and Archbishop of Detroit from 1981 to 1990. Szoka was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.
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