Stanisław Nagy

Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy, SCI (30 September 1921 – 5 June 2013) was a Polish member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a cardinal.^[1] He was born in 1921 in Bieruń, Silesia, Poland, to a Hungarian father and Polish mother. In 1937 he became a member of the Dehonian Congregation and was ordained a priest in 1945. He was a rector in Kraków-Płaszów, in Tarnów and a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.

His Eminence Stanisław Kazimierz Nagy SCJ
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
Cardinal Nagy in 2005
Church	Santa Maria della Scala
See	Santa Maria della Scala
Appointed	21 October 2003
Installed	21 October 2003
Term ended	5 June 2013
Predecessor	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Hólar (2003)
Orders
Ordination	8 July 1945 by Stanislaw Rospond
Consecration	13 October 2003 by Franciszek Macharski
Created cardinal	21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born	(1921-09-30)30 September 1921 Bieruń Stary, Poland
Died	5 June 2013(2013-06-05) (aged 91)
Buried	St. John Paul II Center, Krakow, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	in te cor Jesu speravi
Coat of arms

Styles of Stanisław Nagy
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	none

In the early 1970s Nagy served on the International Theological Commission, the Joint-Catholic-Lutheran Commission and on the editorial staff of the Catholic Encyclopedia. He attended Synods in 1981 and 1985 as well as writing books on ecumenism and Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated as Archbishop and was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala on 21 October 2003. Cardinal Nagy died on 5 June 2013 in Kraków, Poland.^[2]