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Michael Czerny

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Canadian Jesuit and Catholic cardinal

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Born
1946
Works
5

Top works

  • Aids in Africa
  • Getting started on social analysis in Canada
  • "Even the puppies--"
  • Getting started on social analysis in Canada
  • University and globalization

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Quotes

  • As long as we keep our eyes closed and our ears closed and continue to pretend that human trafficking is something that barbarians do on the other side of the world, it's going to continue, and it's going to get worse.

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Key facts

Church
Latin Church
Installed
23 April 2022
Predecessor
Peter Turkson
Other post
Cardinal Deacon of San Michele Arcangelo a Pietralata (2019–present)
Previous posts
Titular Archbishop of Beneventum (2019) Under-Secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2016-2022)
Ordination
9 June 1973, by Thomas Benjamin Fulton
Consecration
4 October 2019, by Pope Francis
Created cardinal
5 October 2019, by Pope Francis
Rank
Cardinal-Deacon
Born
Michael Felix Czerny , ( 1946-07-18 ) 18 July 1946 (age 79) , Brno , Czechoslovakia
Denomination
Catholic
Alma mater
Gonzaga University University of Chicago
Motto
Suscipe , ( Latin for ' Receive ' )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Michael
Gender
male
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Brno
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Religion
Catholicism
Participant in
2025 conclave
Image
Card. Michael Czerny S.J. at the Vatican.jpg
Motto
Suscipe
Religious order
Society of Jesus
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Michael Czerny
date of birth
1946-07-18
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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Felix Czerny, CMG SJ (born 18 July 1946) is a Czech-born Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development since 2022. He was under secretary of the dicastery's Migrants and Refugees Section from 2017 to 2022. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2019.

A member of the Jesuits, Czerny has worked to promote social justice in Canada, Latin America, Africa, and Rome.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Czerny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.