Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 History & biography Historians, various biographies

Kmetko, Karol

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KMETKO, KAROL. - Archbishop, b. 12 Dec. 1875 at Dolné Držkovce, d. 22 Dec. 1948 at Nitra (Slovakia). Ordained a priest in 1899, he became a doctor of theology in 1906, and then parish priest at Teplička near Žilina, and a deputy in the Prague Parliament. In 1920 he was elected bishop of Nitra, and in 1944 appointed archbishop ad personam. He devoted himself in a particular way to promoting, supporting and spreading the work of the foreign missions. He left a study of scientific missiology: Svetové misie ("The World Missions", 2 vols., Nitra 1942).

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BIBL.: Anonymous biographical essay, in Kultura, 16 (1944, vi); V. Bucko, Dr. K. K. 25 rokov bishupom v. Nitre, Bratislava 1946.

Michele Lačko

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By Michele Lacko

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 721.

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Lacko, Michele. “Kmetko, karol.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 721. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/kmetko-karol.

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Lacko, Michele. “Kmetko, karol.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 721. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/kmetko-karol.

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@incollection{ec7_kmetko_karol,
  author    = {Lacko, Michele},
  title     = {Kmetko, karol},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {721},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/kmetko-karol}
}

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