Card. Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., was born in Odžaci, Serbia, on the 7th September, 1956.
In May 1983 he was ordained a priest. From 1983 to 1985 he served in Yugoslavia. In 1985, he was sent to Rome for his studies, where in 1987, he received his doctorate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
From 1987 to 1994, he worked as a missionary in the Philippines. In 1994 he was transferred to Austria where he became professor of theology in Mödling and collaborator of the Holy See’s mission at the United Nations Office and Specialised Agencies in Vienna (2000-2004), as well as professor of theology at the Jesuit Faculty of Theology in Zagreb.
From 2004 to 2007, he was provincial of the Hungarian province of his order, and in July 2006 he was elected secretary general of the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference. He also taught missiology at the Higher Institute of Theology for Religious ‘Sapientia’ in Budapest.
On 23 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Zrenjanin (Serbia). In 2016, he was elected president of the International Bishops’ Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius – he had previously been its Secretary General from 2011 to 2016.
On 25 September 2021, he was elected Vice-President of CCEE. In 2022 Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Belgrade. In December 2024, he was created Cardinal by Pope Francis.
Card. Nemet participates in the COMECE Assembly with the status of Observer since 2023.