Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 Štěpán Trochta (ˈʃcɛpaːn ˈtrɔxta) was born on (March 26, 1905 in Francova Lhota

Francova Lhota

Francova Lhota is a village in Vsetín District, Zlín Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,614 . Cardinal Štěpán Trochta was born here.- External links :...

. He was a Czech Salesian (monk) and Junák

Junák

Junák, or more properly, Junák - svaz skautů a skautek ČR , is the largest association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic...

 (Boy Scout). Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....

 appointed him Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Litoměřice

Roman Catholic Diocese of Litomerice

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice is a diocese located in the city of Litoměřice in the Ecclesiastical province of Prague in the Czech Republic.-History:* July 3, 1655: Established as Diocese of Litoměřice from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Praha...

 in 1947. Trochta was spokesman of the Czechoslovakian Episcopal Conference in negotiations with the communistic government from 1948 to 1949. In 1954, after a two-day trial, the supreme court sentenced him to 25 years in prison for spying for the Vatican. He was a leader of resistance against the Nazis and a known friend to Christians, Jews and Communists during years as a prisoner in Mauthausen and Dachau concentration camps.

He was named cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 in pectore in 1969 by Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI

Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

, and that appointment was published in 1973. He died on April 6, 1974 in Litoměřice

Litomerice

Litoměřice is a town at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohře in the north part of the Czech Republic, approximately 64 km northwest of Prague....

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