- František Tomášek
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cardinal name=František Cardinal Tomášek
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offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Prague|František Cardinal Tomášek (
June 30 ,1899 ,Studénka ,Moravia -August 4 ,1992 ,Prague ,Czechoslovakia ) was a significant dignitary of theRoman Catholic Church inBohemia , was the 34thArchbishop of Prague , a Roman Catholictheologian .*
July 5 ,1922 – ordained priest
* 1940–1945 teacher at the diocesan theological training institution inOlomouc
*October 14 ,1949 – secretly consecratedbishop
*July 23 ,1951 –May 28 ,1954 – interned by the Communists in the camp ofŽeliv
* 1954–1965 – priest inMoravská Huzová
* 1962–1965 – took part in theSecond Vatican Council
* 1965 – appointed administrator of the archdiocese of Prague
* 1977 – refused to signCharter 77
*June 27 ,1977 published as cardinal (had been appointed "in pectore" in 1976)
*December 30 ,1977 appointed the 34th archbishop of Prague
* 1978 – took part in the conclaves which elected John Paul I and John Paul II, in the Vatican
* 1989 – supported Czechoslovak students and actors in their struggle for democracy (seeVelvet Revolution )
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