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Stanisław Nagy, SCI (September 30, 1921 in Bieruń, Silesia, Poland, of a Hungarian father and Polish mother) is a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) and a Cardinal.[1]
In 1937 he became a member of the Dehonian Congregation and was ordained as priest of the Order in 1945. He was a rector in Kraków-Płaszów, in Tarnów and a professor at the Catholic University of Lublin.
In the early 70's Nagy served on the International Theological Commission, the Joint-Catholic-Lutheran Commission and on the editorial staff of the Catholic Encyclopedia. He attended Synods in 1981 and 1985 wrote books on ecumenism and Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated as Archbishop and Cardinal in 2003. His titular church in Rome is St. Mary della Scala.[1]