Stanisław Nagy

Stanisław Kazimierz Cardinal Nagy SCJ ( born September 30, 1921 in Old Berun, † June 5, 2013 in Kraków ) was a Polish theologian and cardinal.

Life

Stanisław Nagy, son of a Hungarian father and a Polish mother, joined in 1937 the Congregation of the Sacred Heart priest, studied in Cracow and Lublin trays Catholic theology and philosophy. He received on 8 July 1945, the sacrament of Holy Orders. He was from 1947 to 1950 rector of the minor seminary of the Sacred Heart priest in Krakow Plaszów and from 1952 to 1958 rector of the seminary of his order in Tarnów. After further studies in 1952 he earned his doctorate at the Jagiellonian University in moral theology; In addition, he specialized in issues of Ecumenical Theology and taught from 1958 in Lublin. From 1957 to 1962 he was responsible for the theological studies of the Sacred Heart priests.

He was appointed professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1968. In 1970 he was also director of the newly founded Department of Comparative Religious Studies and Ecumenical Theology. From 1973, he also took a teaching position at the University of Breslau true. In addition, he served on various committees and synods to questions of ecumenism. He represented from 1973 to 1974 in the Vatican Secretariat convened for the unity of Christians of the Holy See and the Lutheran World Federation mixed Catholic- Lutheran International Commission. 1986 Pope John Paul II appointed him to the International Theological Commission. He was Director of the Department " Ecumenical Theology ," the editors of the Catholic Encyclopedia of University of Lublin.

As a tribute to his theological life's work made ​​him Pope John Paul II, shortly after Nagy had completed his 82nd year, on 7 October 2003 Titular Archbishop of Hólar and took him on 21 October 2003 as a cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia Santa Maria della Scala in the College of Cardinals to. Previously he had the Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Franciszek Macharski donated episcopal ordination on 13 October. Co-consecrators were the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, Marian Jaworski, and the apostolic nuncio in Poland, Józef Kowalczyk.

At the conclave in 2005 and the 2013 Conclave, he was not eligible to vote because he was already about 80 years old.

Stanisław Nagy appeared as an author of non-fiction books and co-author of a Catholic Encyclopedia in appearance. He also became known as the author of several biographies of Pope John Paul II a name. Since priests years he formed a friendship with Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II.

Honors

• Medal of the Catholic University of Lublin (2007)
• Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)
• Honorary doctorate from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Warsaw ( 2009)