Stanisław Marian Cardinal Ryłko

Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re

Motto: Lux Mea Christus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1945		Born
30 Mar 1969	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
20 Dec 1995	50.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Novica
20 Dec 1995	50.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
6 Jan 1996	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Novica
4 Oct 2003	58.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Novica
4 Oct 2003	58.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
2 Apr 2005	59.7	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
21 Apr 2005	59.7	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
24 Nov 2007	62.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
24 Nov 2007	62.3	Elevated to Cardinal
30 May 2008	62.9	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
28 Feb 2013	67.6	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
16 Mar 2013	67.6	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
1 Sep 2016	71.1	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
28 Dec 2016	71.4	Appointed	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
19 May 2018	72.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re
4 Jul 2025	80.0	Retired	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

MicroData Summary
Stanisław Marian Ryłko
Stanisław Marian Cardinal Ryłko
(born 4 Jul 1945)
Archpriest Emeritus of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Andrychów, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}.

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Ordained Priest by:
St. Karol Józef Cardinal Wojtyła †
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Jorge María Mejía †
Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas (1998)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josef Clemens (2004)
Grzegorz Wojciech Cardinal Ryś (2011)
Bishop Damian Andrzej Muskus, O.F.M. (2011)
Rolandas Cardinal Makrickas (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Andrychów, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 162249278
WikiData: Q528954

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,653
c: Bollettino, 16 Mar 2013
ab: Bollettino, 28 Dec 2016
ab: Bollettino, 19 May 2018
r: Bollettino, 4 Jul 2025

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