Background
Spidlik, Tomas Cardinal was born on December 17, 1919 in Boskovice, Czech Republic.
Spidlik, Tomas Cardinal was born on December 17, 1919 in Boskovice, Czech Republic.
Attended, University Brno. Doctor, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome, 1955. Doctor (honorary), Sacred Heart University, 2006.
Professed Society of Jesus, 1939, ordained priest, 1949. Professor patristic & spiritual theological various universities. Collaborator Vatican Radio, Rome, 1951—2010.
Spiritual director Pontifical Nepomuceno Seminary, 1968—2010. Elevated to cardinal, 2003. Cardinal-priest S. Agata de' Goti, 2003—2010.