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Tomáš Špidlík was born on 17 December, 1919 in Boskovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (modern-Czech Republic), is a Czech prelate. Discover Tomáš Špidlík's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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Tomáš Špidlík |
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90 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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17 December 1919 |
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17 December |
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Boskovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (modern-Czech Republic) |
| Date of death |
16 April, 2010 |
| Died Place |
Centro Ezio Aletti, Rome, Italy |
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Czech Republic
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Tomáš Špidlík Height, Weight & Measurements
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Tomáš Špidlík Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Tomáš Josef Špidlík, S.J. (17 December 1919 – 16 April 2010) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was a Jesuit priest and theologian.
Špidlík was born in 1919 in Boskovice, then Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic.
In 1938, he entered the Department of Philosophy at the University of Brno, in what is now the Czech Republic.
In the following year, he entered the Jesuit novitiate and after many interruptions in his education due to World War II, he was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus on 22 August 1949 in Maastricht.
A year later, in Florence, he finished his formation period as a Jesuit.
In 1951, Špidlík was called to Rome by Vatican Radio.
The programs broadcast to the countries behind the Iron Curtain were a precious aid to a freedom in danger of being slowly but inexorably suffocated.
From this work with Vatican Radio sprang a special mission that would always accompany him and that made him known in lands despite their communist domination.
Among others, he met with Alexander Dubček, the former first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and Václav Havel, who became president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic after the fall of the communist regime.
Špidlík's Sunday homilies in Czech have been translated and published in various languages including Polish, Romanian and Italian.
He lived in Rome from 1951 until his death.
In 1995 he delivered the annual Lenten retreat meditations for the pope and officials of the Roman Curia.
In June he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.
That year marked the beginning of his university career as a professor of Patristic and Eastern Spiritual Theology at various universities in Rome.
Špidlík became known as an expert in the spirituality of Eastern Christianity.
For 38 years he was the spiritual director of the Pontifical Nepomuceno Seminary, the old Bohemian Seminary.
Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 2003.
On 21 October 2003, at the age of 83, he was created Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Sant'Agata dei Goti.
Although he was not a voting cardinal, he was created a cardinal in recognition of his theological writings.
The Cardinal was a prolific author and was equally acknowledged in the academic and international fields.
He was received at the Kremlin, led the spiritual exercises of Pope John Paul II and his Curia, and was decorated with the medal of the Masaryk Order, one of the highest honors of the Czech State, by president Václav Havel.
In 2005 Špidlík delivered the meditation on the first day of the papal conclave just before the first ballot was taken.
Because of age he was not eligible to participate in the voting.
He died in Rome on 16 April 2010.
