Zenon Grocholewski

Cardinal Grocholewski (2010)

Coat of arms of Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski

Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski (born October 11, 1939 in Bródki , Poland ; † July 17, 2020 in Rome ) was a Polish clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Zenon Grocholewski received the sacrament of ordination on May 27, 1963 after his theological and philosophical training at the seminary in Poznan . He was then vicar in Poznan for three years before completing a doctoral degree at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . In 1972 he received his doctorate in canon law with summa cum laude with the work De exclusione indissolubilitatis ex consensu matrimoniali eiusque probatione , written in Latin . After postgraduate studies with stays in France and Germany , he was admitted to the Avvocato Rotale .

From 1972 to 1999 he worked at the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature as a notary (1972–1977), chancellor (1977–1982) and general secretary (1982–1998). He taught canon law at the Gregorian (1975–1999) and the Pontifical Lateran University (1980–1984) and the Studio Rotale (1986–1998). In addition, he played a significant role in the amendment of the Codex Iuris Canonici in 1983.

December 21, 1982 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To Titular Archbishop of Acropolis and donated him on 6 January 1983, the episcopal ordination .

On October 5, 1998, he became Prefect of the Apostolic Signature. In 1999 John Paul II appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education and accepted him on February 21, 2001 as a cardinal deacon with the titled deaconry of San Nicola in Carcere in the cardinals college .

As prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Grocholewski was also the incumbent Magnus Cancellarius of the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) , the Pontifical Biblical Institute (PIB) , the Pontifical Institute for Church Music ( Musica sacra ), and the Papal Institute for Christian Archeology (PIAC) and patron of the Latin America Institute and the Faculty of Christian and Classical Literature (FLCC) at the University of the Salesians . He directed the Pontifical Work for Spiritual Professions .

On February 21, 2011 he was elevated to cardinal priest while retaining his title diaconia , which had been declared pro hac vice to the title church .

Pope Francis confirmed him on November 30, 2013 as the Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education . On March 31, 2015, Pope Francis accepted Zenon Grocholewski's resignation due to reasons of age.

Zenon Grocholewski has published several books and over 550 articles published in 12 languages. He was co-editor of several professional magazines on canon law and a member of numerous scientific associations.

honors and awards

Medal Polonia semper fidelis for his commitment to Poland (Poland, 1998)
Medal of Saint Gorazd of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia, 2000)
Orden del Mérito (Chile; Grand Cross 2003)
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon, 2005)
Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland; Commander with a star, 2009)
Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France; Commander, 2009)
Honorary citizenship of the cities of Trenton (New Jersey) (USA), Princeton (New Jersey) (USA), Agropoli (Italy), Poznan and Levoča (Slovak Republic)
Honorary doctorates from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University (1999), the Catholic University of Lublin (1999), the University of Passau (2001) and the Catholic Péter Pázmány University (2010).

Memberships in the Roman Curia

Zenon Grocholewski was a member of the following congregations and councils of the Roman Curia :

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (since 2001)
Congregation for Bishops (since 2001, confirmed in 2013)
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments (since 2005)
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2007)
Apostolic Signature (since 2006)
Pontifical Council for Legal Texts (since 2001)
Council for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops

Web links

Entry on Zenon Grocholewski on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 21, 2016.
Biography Zenon Grocholewski (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Former head of the Vatican Congregation for Education has died. In: kathisch.de . July 17, 2020, accessed July 17, 2020 .
^ Pope confirms leadership of the Congregation for Education. kath.net , December 1, 2013, accessed February 22, 2016 .
^ Nomina del Prefetto della Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 31, 2015, accessed March 31, 2015 (Italian).
^ ^A ^b Nomina di Cardinali Membri delle Congregazioni Romane. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 15, 2001, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).
^ Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescoivi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 2, 2005, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 8, 2007, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 8, 2006, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per i Testi Legislativi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 16, 2001, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian). , confirmed: Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 18, 2001, accessed December 24, 2015 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Gilberto Cardinal Agustoni	Prefect of the Apostolic Signature 1998–1999	Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda
Pio Cardinal Laghi	Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education 1999–2015	Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi

personal data
SURNAME	Grocholewski, Zenon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grocholewski, Cardinal Zenon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish clergyman, cardinal curia of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bródki , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	17th July 2020
Place of death	Rome , Italy

[1] Former head of the Vatican Congregation for Education has died. In: kathisch.de . July 17, 2020, accessed July 17, 2020 .

[2] Pope confirms leadership of the Congregation for Education. kath.net , December 1, 2013, accessed February 22, 2016 .

[3] Nomina del Prefetto della Congregazione per l'Educazione Cattolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 31, 2015, accessed March 31, 2015 (Italian).

[Bulletin2001-4] A ^b Nomina di Cardinali Membri delle Congregazioni Romane. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 15, 2001, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).

[5] Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescoivi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo Dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).

[6] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 2, 2005, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).

[7] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 8, 2007, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).

[8] Nomina di Membri del Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 8, 2006, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian).

[9] Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per i Testi Legislativi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 16, 2001, accessed February 24, 2016 (Italian). , confirmed: Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 18, 2001, accessed December 24, 2015 (Italian).