Stanisław Ryłko
| His Eminence Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko | |
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| President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | |
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| Appointed | 4 October 2003 |
| Term ended | 1 September 2016 |
| Predecessor | James Francis Cardinal Stafford |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re |
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| 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-Deacon |
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| Born |
4 July 1945 Andrychów, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Stanisław Ryłko (born 4 July 1945) is a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity from 2003 to 2016. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.
Biography
Early life and ordination
Stanisław Ryłko was born in Andrychów to Władysław and Aurelia Ryłko. He has two siblings: a brother, Władysław (d. 2007), and a sister, Jadwiga. He graduated from the Lyceum of Maria Skłodowska-Curie in Andrychów in 1963 before entering the seminary in Kraków, later obtaining his licentiate in moral theology. Ryłko then studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he earned his doctorate in social sciences. He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) on 30 March 1969 in Wawel Cathedral, and then did pastoral work in Poronin until 1971.
Pastoral work
Ryłko served as vice-rector of the Kraków seminary before teaching practical theology at the Pontifical Theological Academy of Kraków. He was secretary of the lay apostolate commission of the Polish Episcopal Conference as well. In 1987, he returned to Rome and was charged with responsibility for the section for the Catholic Youth Work of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; during this time, he organized of the World Youth Day events of 1989 and 1991. He was transferred to the Polish section of the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1992.
Bishop
On 20 December 1995, Ryłko was appointed secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and Titular Bishop of Novica by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1996 from John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Re and Jorge Mejía serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. As Secretary, Ryłko served as the second-highest official of that dicastery, successively under Eduardo Francisco Pironio and James Cardinal Stafford.
He was later named President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on 4 October 2003. Upon the death of John Paul II on 2 April 2005, Ryłko and all major Vatican officials, in accord with custom, automatically lost their positions. He was confirmed as President of the Laity by Pope Benedict XVI on the following 21 April.
Cardinal
Pope Benedict created him Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re in the consistory of 24 November 2007. Ryłko remains eligible to participate in any future papal conclaves until his eightieth birthday on 4 July 2025.
On 12 June 2008 in addition to his main duties he was appointed by Benedict as a member of several congregations in the Roman Curia:[1] the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Congregation for Bishops and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.[2] On Tuesday, 10 March 2015, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Rylko to be a Member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.[3][4]
His tenure as head of the Pontifical Council on the Laity ended on 1 September 2016 when its functions were taken over by the new Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
Besides his native Polish, the Cardinal speaks Italian, English, and German.
Views
Cardinal Ryłko has said that the time has come for Christians to free themselves from their false inferiority complex against the so-called secular world, to be courageous disciples of Christ.[5]
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References
- ↑
- ↑ DI MEMBRI DEL PONTIFICIO CONSIGLIO PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA NUOVA EVANGELIZZAZIONE
- ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/10/0176/00389.html
- ↑ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F03%2F10%2F0176%2F00389.html
- ↑ Cardinal Rylko: Christians would be freed from inferiority complex
| Catholic Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Paul Josef Cordes |
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity 1995–2003 |
Succeeded by Josef Clemens |
| Preceded by James Stafford |
President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity 2003–2016 |
Incumbent |