Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich, S.J.

Archbishop of Luxembourg

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Member of the Council of Cardinals

Motto: Annunciate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Aug 1958		Born
27 Sep 1981	23.1	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
21 Apr 1990	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Oct 2002	44.1	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Jul 2011	52.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Luxembourg
16 Oct 2011	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Luxembourg
5 Oct 2019	61.1	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Oct 2019	61.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
16 Feb 2020	61.5	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto
7 Mar 2023	64.5	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals

MicroData Summary
Jean-Claude Hollerich
Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich S.J.
(born 9 Aug 1958)
Archbishop of Luxembourg

Consistory - 2019: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - February 2022: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Differdange, Archdiocese of Luxembourg
Ordained Priest St. Julien, Church, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Luxembourg, Archdiocese of Luxembourg

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a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Pisita
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Fernand Franck
Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Joachim Cardinal Meisner †
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada †
Archbishop of Tōkyō

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Fernand Franck (1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
Archbishop Jean Hengen † (1967)
Archbishop Emeritus of Luxembourg
Bishop Léon Lommel † (1949)
Bishop of Luxembourg
Archbishop Fernando Cento † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Léon Wagener (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franz Josef Gebert (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Differdange, Archdiocese of Luxembourg
Ordained Priest	St. Julien, Church, Brussels, Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Luxembourg, Archdiocese of Luxembourg

External Link(s):

VIAF: 104145541817196600769
WikiData: Q1684759

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Jul 2011
ob/c23: CB, 21 Sep 2011
c34: CB, 11 Oct 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Number 17,177
card: Bollettino, 1 Sep 2019
cpri: Bollettino, 5 Oct 2019
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 5 Oct 2019
i: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2020
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023

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