Szoka, << SHOK a >> Edmund Casimir (1927-2014), was appointed a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II in 1988. He served as archbishop of Detroit from 1981 to 1990, when he became President of Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
Szoka was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Sept. 14, 1927. He was ordained a priest in 1954. He was appointed bishop of the diocese of Gaylord, Michigan, in 1971 and served there until 1981. Szoka became a trustee of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., in 1981 and chairman of the board of directors of the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America in 1984. Szoka died on Aug. 20, 2014.
