Key facts
- Appointed
- 28 December 2016
- Term ended
- 4 July 2025
- Predecessor
- Santos Abril y Castelló
- Successor
- Rolandas Makrickas
- Other post
- Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re " pro hac vice "
- Previous posts
- Titular Archbishop of Novica (1995–2007) Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1995–2003) President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (2003–2016)
- Ordination
- 30 March 1969, by Karol Józef Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II )
- Consecration
- 6 January 1996, by Pope John Paul II
- Created cardinal
- 24 November 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Stanisław Ryłko , ( 1945-07-04 ) 4 July 1945 (age 80) , Andrychów, Poland
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Motto
- Lux Mea Christus , ( Christ, My Light )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanisław
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Andrychów
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2025 conclave
- Image
- AbpRylko.jpg
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- Stanisław Ryłko
- date of birth
- 1945-07-04
- consecrator
- Jorge María Mejía
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Encyclopedic overview
Stanisław Marian Ryłko (born 4 July 1945) is a Polish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He held positions in the Roman Curia beginning in 1987 and was president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity from 2003 to 2016. He was made a cardinal in 2007. He was Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore from 2016 to 2025.
Besides his native Polish, he speaks Italian, English, and German.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stanisław Ryłko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.