Ambrozic, Aloysius Matthew (1930-2011), was appointed a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II in 1998. The pope had appointed him archbishop of Toronto in 1990. In 2007, Thomas Collins replaced Ambrozic as archbishop.
Ambrozic was born on Jan. 27, 1930, in Gabrje, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He settled in Canada in 1948 and studied for the priesthood at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Scarborough, Ontario (now part of Toronto). He was ordained a priest in 1955. He served as a professor at St. Augustine’s from 1960 to 1967 and dean of students from 1971 to 1976. He also taught at the Toronto School of Theology from 1970 to 1976.
Ambrozic became auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Toronto in 1976 and coadjutor archbishop in 1986. He wrote The Hidden Kingdom (1972) and Remarks on the Canadian Catechism (1974). Ambrozic died on Aug. 26, 2011.
