Édouard Cardinal Gagnon, P.S.S. †

Deceased

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1918		Born
15 Aug 1940	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
Aug 1945³	27.5	Entered	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice
19 Feb 1969	51.0	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
25 Mar 1969	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
3 May 1972	54.3	Resigned	Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
11 Jan 1973	54.9	Appointed	Vice President of the Pontifical Committee for the Family
1974	55.9	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Committee for the Family
9 May 1981	63.3	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
7 Jul 1983	65.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana Prima
16 Jul 1983	65.5	Appointed	Pro-President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
25 May 1985	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Elena fuori Porta Prenestina
25 May 1985	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal
27 May 1985	67.3	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
8 Nov 1990	72.8	Resigned	President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
3 Jan 1991	72.9	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
29 Jan 1996	78.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
Mar 2001	83.1	Resigned	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
25 Aug 2007	89.6	Died	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Édouard Gagnon
(VIAF: 85457492; WikiData: Q918426)
Édouard Cardinal Gagnon P.S.S. (born 15 Jan 1918, died 25 Aug 2007) President Emeritus of Family

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Port-Daniel, Canada
Ordained Priest Contrecœur
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Diocese of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada
Death Place St-Sulpice, Seminary, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Seminary, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec, Canada

a priest for 67.0 years
a bishop for 38.4 years
a cardinal for 22.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget †
Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio †
Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anthony Jordan, O.M.I. †
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Archbishop Maurice Baudoux †
Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi † (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. † (1981)

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 190, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 267
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 527, to Page 530
ab: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 849

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