Lajos Kada (16 November 1924 – 26 November 2001) was a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, serving also in the Roman Curia.
Coat of arms of Lajos Kada.
Biography
Lajos Kada was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 16 November 1924. He was ordained a priest on 10 October 1948.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1955.[1] He was the Academy's first Hungarian student.[citation needed] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1957 and worked in the diplomatic missions in Pakistan, Scandinavia (based in Denmark), Germany (Bonn), and Argentina.[citation needed]
On 22 September 1995, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Spain,[7] to which he added, on 8 March 1996, the responsibilities of Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra.[8] His tenure in Spain was marked by disputes with the government about religious education and church finances;[9] he made his hostility to Catalan nationalism clear as well.[10]
He retired when replaced as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain and Andorra on 1 March 2000.[11]
After years of fighting cancer, Kada died in Budapest on 26 November 2001.
