Olga Krizova

Olga Krizova V.D.B. (born 1950) is a Slovak Volunteer of Don Bosco and an academic. Krizova is one of the first seven women appointed to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the second highest-ranking department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the Holy See. She became a member of the Congregation of Consecrated Life on 8 July 2019, when she was appointed by Pope Francis.[1][2]

Born in 1950 in Bratislava, then Czechoslovakia, she entered the Secular Institute of Volunteers of Don Bosco in 1970. She was elected to the leadership of the Institute, as Moderator General, on 25 July 2007.[3]

References

Gagliarducci, Andrea (8 July 2019). "Papa Francesco, sette donne tra i membri della Congregazione dei religiosi" (in Italian). ACI Stampa. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
"Resignations and Appointments, 08.07.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
Dos miembros de la Familia Salesiana entran en la Congregación para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada y las Sociedades de Vida Apostólica (in Spanish)

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[1] Gagliarducci, Andrea (8 July 2019). "Papa Francesco, sette donne tra i membri della Congregazione dei religiosi" (in Italian). ACI Stampa. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[2] "Resignations and Appointments, 08.07.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[3] Dos miembros de la Familia Salesiana entran en la Congregación para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada y las Sociedades de Vida Apostólica (in Spanish)