{{short description|Cardinal}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = His Eminence | name = Aloysius Ambrozic | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto|Archbishop emeritus of Toronto]] | image = Alojzij Ambrožič.jpg | caption = | province = | diocese = | see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto|Toronto]] | appointed = May 22, 1986 (Coadjutor) | enthroned = March 17, 1990 | ended = January 30, 2007 | predecessor = [[Gerald Emmett Carter]] | successor = [[Thomas Christopher Collins]] | ordination = June 4, 1955 | ordained_by = [[James McGuigan|James Charles McGuigan]] | consecration = March 26, 1978 | consecrated_by = [[Philip Francis Pocock]] | cardinal = February 21, 1998 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | rank = Cardinal-Priest | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto (1986-1990)}} | birth_name = Alojzij Matej Ambrožič | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|27}} | birth_place = [[Gabrje, Dobrova-Polhov Gradec|Gabrje]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (modern-day [[Slovenia]]) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|08|26|1930|01|27}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | buried = [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill]], Ontario | motto ={{unbulleted list|Iesus est Dominus|(Jesus is Lord)}} }} {{infobox cardinal styles |image=Coat of arms of Aloysius Ambrozic.svg |image_size = 200px |cardinal name=Aloysius Ambrozic |offstyle=Your Eminence |See=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto|Toronto]] ([[emeritus]]) }} '''Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic''' (born '''Alojzij Matej Ambrožič'''; January 27, 1930 – August 26, 2011) was a [[Slovene Canadian]] Catholic prelate who served as [[List of Roman Catholic archbishops of Toronto|Archbishop of Toronto]] from 1990 to 2007. He was made a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1998.
==Biography== Ambrozic was born near [[Gabrje, Dobrova-Polhov Gradec|Gabrje]] in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (modern-day [[Slovenia]]) as Alojzij Matej Ambrožič, one of seven children of Alojzij "Lojze" Ambrožič and Helena Pečar. In May 1945, he and his family fled to [[Austria]], after which he completed high school in [[Ljubljana]] and various [[refugee camp]]s (Vetrinj, Peggez and Spittal an der Drau).<ref name=archt/> The family moved to [[Canada]] in September 1948, where he studied at [[St. Augustine's Seminary (Toronto)|St. Augustine's Seminary]] in Toronto and was ordained a priest on 4 June 1955.<ref name=archt>[http://www.archtoronto.org/CardinalAmbrozic/index.htm Archdiocese of Toronto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404060316/http://www.archtoronto.org/CardinalAmbrozic/index.htm |date=2012-04-04 }} retrieved 12 July 2013</ref> He served first in [[Port Colborne, Ontario]], and later taught at St. Augustine's.<ref name=CR>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archtoronto.org/CardinalAmbrozic/register.htm |title=Catholic Register articles |access-date=2010-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311051931/http://www.archtoronto.org/CardinalAmbrozic/register.htm#1 |archive-date=2009-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CCCB>[http://www.cccb.ca/site/content/view/1643/1229/lang,eng/ Biography of Cardinal Ambrožič]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Ambrozic studied [[theology]] in [[Rome]] and earned a degree from the ''[[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Angelicum]]''. On his return to Canada, he taught Scripture at St Augustine's Seminary from 1960 to 1967. He then studied at the [[University of Würzburg]] in [[Germany]] and obtained a [[doctorate]] in theology in 1970. Ambrozic taught [[exegesis]] at the [[Toronto School of Theology]] from 1970 to 1976, when he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on 27 May 1976. On 22 May 1986, he became Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, and he duly succeeded to the position of Archbishop of Toronto on 17 March 1990.<ref name=CR/><ref name=CCCB/>
In 1998, Ambrozic was created a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] and assigned the titular church of [[Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano|Santi Marcellino e Pietro]]. He became a member of the [[Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants]] in 1990, the [[Congregation for the Clergy]] in 1991, the [[Pontifical Council for Culture]] in 1993, and the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]] in 1999. During his archiepiscopate, Toronto hosted [[World Youth Day 2002|World Youth Day in 2002]].
Ambrozic was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He retired on 16 December 2006.<ref name="CR" /><ref name="CCCB" /> He was succeeded as Archbishop of Toronto by [[Thomas Collins (cardinal)|Thomas Christopher Collins]] on 30 January 2007.
Ambrozic died on 26 August 2011 after a lengthy illness.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 26, 2011 |title=Toronto's Cardinal Ambrozic dies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-cardinal-ambrozic-dies-1.1036831 |url-status=live |work=CBC News}}</ref> His funeral Mass was held on 31 August 2011 at [[St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto)|Saint Michael's Cathedral]] in Toronto, with Archbishop Collins presiding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=August 31, 2011 |title=Cardinal Ambrozic mourned in Toronto |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cardinal-ambrozic-mourned-in-toronto-1.1076432 |url-status=live |work=CBC News}}</ref> More than 1000 people attended the Mass, including Canadian federal finance minister [[Jim Flaherty]] and local mayors [[Rob Ford]] of Toronto and [[Hazel McCallion]] of Mississauga.<ref name=":0" />
==Views== Ambrozic upheld normative [[Catholic moral theology]] and as a result he was the subject of vocal opposition from some liberal or progressive Catholics and ex-Catholics for his conservative stands.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} For example, Ambrozic upheld the Vatican line and was opposed to the concept of [[same-sex marriage in Canada]]. However, he was not favourable to traditionalists either, he rejected a request from the Toronto Traditional Mass Society (the local chapter of [[Una Voce]]) to invite the [[Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter]] to offer [[Tridentine Mass]]es in the archdiocese.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929213219/http://www.unavocetoronto.com/news/ambroziclettersFeb06.html Ambrozic Letter] from ''Unavocetoront.com'' retrieved 12 July 2013</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120404060316/http://www.archtoronto.org/CardinalAmbrozic/index.htm Cardinal Ambrozic] from the [http://www.archtoronto.org/ Archdiocese of Toronto] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990902031350/http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=129 Cardinal Ambrozic]}} on {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050401033449/http://catholic-pages.com/ catholic-pages.com]}}
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