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Tomáš Špidlík SJ (17 December 1919 – 16 April 2010) was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus on 22 August 1949 in Maastricht. On 21 October 2003 at the age of 83 he was created Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Sant’Agata dei Goti. Although he was not a voting cardinal he was created a cardinal to reward him for his theological writings in much the same way as Avery Dulles and Leo Scheffczyk were.
