Zenon Grocholewski

Also known as Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski

Catholic cardinal

Key facts

Appointed: 15 November 1999
Term ended: 31 March 2015
Predecessor: Pio Laghi
Successor: Giuseppe Versaldi
Other post: Cardinal Priest of San Nicola in Carcere (2001–2020)
Previous posts: Titular Archbishop of Acropolis (1982–2001) Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (1982–1998) Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1998–1999)
Ordination: 27 May 1963, by Antoni Baraniak
Consecration: 6 January 1983, by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal: 21 February 2001, by Pope John Paul II
Rank: Cardinal priest
Born: Zenon Grocholewski , ( 1939-10-11 ) 11 October 1939, Bródki , Poland
Died: 17 July 2020 (2020-07-17) (aged 80), Rome , Italy
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Motto: Illum oportet crescere , ('He must increase', John 3:30 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Zenon
Gender: male
Citizenship: Poland
Place of birth: Bródki, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: Catholic priest
Educated at: Pontifical Gregorian University
Employer: Pontifical Gregorian University
Languages spoken: Italian
Native language: Polish
Religion: Catholic Church
Participant in: 2005 conclave
Field of work: canon law
Image: Cardinal Mgr Zenon Grocholewski.jpg

Show 7 more facts

Commons category: Zenon Grocholewski
member of: Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
consecrator: Eduardo Martínez Somalo
name in native language: Zenon Grocholewski
date of death: 2020-07-17
place of burial: Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul
date of birth: 1939-10-11

Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Zenon Grocholewski (11 October 1939 – 17 July 2020) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church, who was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He joined the Roman Curia in 1972 and served from 1999 until 2015 as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Biography

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

Available in 25 languages

Show 6 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0