Leo Scheffczyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leo Scheffczyk

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1920

Place of Birth: Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2005

Profession: Catholic priest, presbyter, theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Leo Scheffczyk (21 February 1920 in Beuthen O.S.
– 8 December 2005 in Munich) was a German cardinal and theologian.
He was a long-time theologian at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the strongest advocates for orthodoxy during the long pontificate of John Paul II.
During the 1980s and 1990s, he severely criticized some of his former students, e.g.
Leonardo Boff, who advocated a Marxist version of liberation theology.
Scheffczyk likely played a major role in drafting the most controversial documents, such as Ordinatio sacerdotalis and Ad tuendam fidem.
He was made a cardinal in 2001.
He was regarded as an important thinker in late twentieth-century Catholicism.