František Tomášek
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| Styles of František Cardinal Tomášek |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Prague |
František Cardinal Tomášek (June 30, 1899, Studénka, Moravia - August 4, 1992, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a significant dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, was the 34th Archbishop of Prague, a Roman Catholic theologian.
- July 5, 1922 – ordained priest
- 1940–1945 teacher at the diocesan theological training institution in Olomouc
- October 14, 1949 – secretly consecrated bishop
- July 23, 1951 – May 28, 1954 – interned by the Communists in the camp of Želiv
- 1954–1965 – priest in Moravská Huzová
- 1962–1965 – took part in the Second Vatican Council
- 1965 – appointed administrator of the archdiocese of Prague
- 1977 – refused to sign Charter 77
- June 27, 1977 published as cardinal (had been appointed in pectore in 1976)
- December 30, 1977 appointed the 34th archbishop of Prague
- 1978 – took part in the conclaves which elected John Paul I and John Paul II, in the Vatican
- 1989 – supported Czechoslovak students and actors in their struggle for democracy (see Velvet Revolution)
| Preceded by Josef Beran |
Archbishop of Prague 1977–1991 |
Succeeded by Miloslav Cardinal Vlk |

