Franc Rode
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His Eminence Franc Rode, C.M. |
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| Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
Cardinal Rode
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| Appointed | 11 February 2004 |
| Term ended | 4 January 2011 |
| Predecessor | Eduardo Martínez Somalo |
| Successor | João Braz de Aviz |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella |
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| Ordination | 29 June 1960 by André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. |
| Consecration | 6 April 1997 by Alojzij Šuštar |
| Created Cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Franc Rode |
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23 September 1934 Rodica, Slovenia |
| Nationality | Slovenian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University, Catholic Institute of Paris |
| Motto | Stati inu obstati |
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Franc Rode (or Rodé), C.M. (born 23 September 1934), is a Slovenian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having served as prefect from 2004 to 2011. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006.
He was inducted into the rank of Cardinal-Priest on 20 June 2016 by Pope Francis while retaining his diaconate.
Franc Rode was born in Rodica near Ljubljana, in Yugoslavia (modern-day Slovenia). In 1945 he and his family sought refuge in Austria and later fled to Argentina in 1948. He entered the Congregation of the Mission, more commonly known as the Vincentians or Lazarists, in Buenos Aires in 1952, making his perpetual profession in 1957. Rode studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and at the Catholic Institute of Paris, from where he obtained his doctorate in theology in 1968.
Rode was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre CM, on 29 June 1960 in Paris. In 1965, at the request of his superiors, Rode returned to Yugoslavia, where he worked as vice-pastor, director of studies and provincial visitor of the Lazarists, and professor of fundamental theology and Missiology at the Theological Faculty of Ljubljana.
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