Background
DESKUR, H.E. Cardinal Andrzej Maria was born on February 29, 1924 in Sancygniów, Kieke, Poland.
DESKUR, H.E. Cardinal Andrzej Maria was born on February 29, 1924 in Sancygniów, Kieke, Poland.
Doctor in Law, Catholic University Cracow, 1945. Total harmonic distortion Fribourg, 1950.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Krakow, Poland, 1950. Various positions in the Secretariat of State, Vatican City, 1952—1973. Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Rome, 1972—1973, president, 1973—1980.
Ordained bishop, 1974. Archbishop, president of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Rome, 1980—1984, president emeritus, since 1984. Elevated to cardinal, 1985.
Cardinal-deacon S. Cesareo in Palatio, 1985—1996, cardinal-priest, since 1996. President-emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. President of the Pontifical Academy Immaculate Conception.
Roman Catholic.