Jozef Tomko was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 to 2001 and president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses from 2001 to 2007. He was made a cardinal in 1985.
Tomko in 2018 at Zvir Mountain in Litmanová, Slovakia
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for missionary work and related activities. It is also known by its former title, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, or simply the Propaganda Fide. On 5 June 2022, it was merged with the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization into the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, seat of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Alexandre de Rhodes' Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, published by the Propaganda Fide in 1651.
The Southwest facade by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761.
The North facade at Piazza di Spagna by Bernini; behind the Column of the Immaculate Conception. Credit: Lalupa
