Cardinals Created by John Paul II (1979)

Consistory of 1979.06.30 (15)Papal Speeches

Italy1. Cardinal Agostino Casaroli

Pro fide et justitia

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina
former Secretary of State of Secretariat of State

Born:1914.11.24 (Castel San Giovanni, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1937.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1967.07.16
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1998.06.09 (Roma, Italy † 83)

Priest of Piacenza (Italy) (1937.05.27 – 1967.07.04)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1945.01.04 – 1954.12.22)

Domestic Prelate (1954.12.22 – 1967.07.04)

Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1961.02.24 – 1967.06.29)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1967.06.29 – 1967.08.15)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1967.07.04 – 1979.06.30)

Secretary of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1967.08.15 – 1979.04.28)

Pro-Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)

Pro-Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)

Cardinal Protector of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)

President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1979.04.28 – 1984.04.08)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1979.06.30 – 1985.05.25)

Prefect of Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1979.07.01 – 1989.03.01)

Secretary of State of Secretariat of State (1979.07.01 – 1990.12.01)

President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1981.01.30 – 1984.04.08)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1985.05.25 – 1998.06.09)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals (1993.06.05 – 1998.06.09)

Italy2. Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀)

Pax in virtute

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
former Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Born:1914.11.15 (Lapio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1938.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1961.12.14
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2005.10.15 (Roma, Italy † 90)

Priest of Benevento (Italy) (1938.12.17 – 1961.10.14)

Domestic Prelate (1955.11.21 – 1961.10.14)

Apostolic Internuncio to China (1959.05.20 – 1966.12.24)

Titular Archbishop of Apollonia (1961.10.14 – 1979.06.30)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to China (1966.12.24 – 1967.08.22)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India (1967.08.22 – 1969.04.19)

Secretary of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1969.04.19 – 1977.06.14)

Substitute for General Affairs of Secretariat of State (1977.06.14 – 1979.04.28)

Pro-President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana (1979.06.30 – 1990.11.26)

President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (1979.07.01 – 1981.01.30)

President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1981.01.30 – 1990.01.22)

Protodeacon of College of Cardinals (1987.06.22 – 1990.11.26)

Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1988.12.14 – 1995.12.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1990.11.26 – 2005.10.15)

Italy3. Cardinal Marco

Christus ipse pax

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco
former Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Born:1925.07.08 (Izano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1948.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:1970.05.17
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2014.05.12 (Venezia, Italy † 88)

Priest of Crema (Italy) (1948.03.27 – 1970.04.22)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1964.01.19 – 1970.04.22)

Titular Bishop of Vulturia (1970.04.22 – 1978.12.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1970.04.22 – 1978.12.07)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1976.05.21 – 1979.01.01)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1978.12.07 – 2002.01.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1979.06.30 – 2014.05.12)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1979.07.05 – 1990.05.15)

Italy4. Cardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Born:1906.02.22 (Casalecchio di Reno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1929.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1960.10.28
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2000.10.04 (Roma, Italy † 94)

Priest of Bologna (Italy) (1929.05.25 – 1960.07.09)

Domestic Prelate (1954.12.10 – 1960.07.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Korea (1957.12.28 – 1960.07.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1960.07.09 – 1963.12.09)

Titular Archbishop of Doclea (1960.07.09 – 1979.06.30)

Apostolic Nuncio to Chile (1963.12.09 – 1967.07.08)

Apostolic Nuncio to Italy (1967.07.08 – 1969.04.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1969.04.23 – 1979.06.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (1979.06.30 – 1990.11.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1990.11.26 – 2000.10.04)

Vietnam5. Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn

Caritas gaudium pax

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Born:1921.03.19 (Trac But, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:1949.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1963.06.02
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1990.05.18 (Hà Nôi, Vietnam † 69)

Priest of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1949.12.08 – 1963.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Æla (1963.02.05 – 1978.11.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1963.02.05 – 1978.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam) (1978.11.27 – 1990.05.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1979.06.30 – 1990.05.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Vietnam (1980 – 1990)

Italy6. Cardinal Ernesto Civardi

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro
former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops

Born:1906.10.21 (Fossarmato, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1930.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1967.07.16
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1989.11.28 (Roma, Italy † 83)

Priest of Pavia (Italy) (1930.06.29 – 1967.06.26)

Domestic Prelate (1950.07.15 – 1967.06.26)

Undersecretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1965 – 1967.05.17)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Bishops (1967.05.17 – 1979.06.30)

Titular Archbishop of Serdica (1967.06.26 – 1979.06.30)

Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals (1967.07.16 – 1979.06.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Teodoro (1979.06.30 – 1989.11.28)

Mexico7. Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada

Nuestro vivir es Cristo

former Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino
former Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico)

Born:1919.06.29 (Tampico, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1942.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2008.04.10 (La Noria, Mexico † 88)

Priest of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1942.10.15 – 1952.12.27)

Titular Bishop of Zapara (1952.12.27 – 1956.02.25)

Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1956.02.25 – 1958.02.25)

Bishop of Tampico (Mexico) (1958.02.25 – 1967.07.25)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1967 – 1973)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1967.07.25 – 1976.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico) (1976.03.08 – 1977.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1977.07.19 – 1994.09.29)

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (1979.06.30 – 2008.04.10)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1980 – 1982)

Japan8. Cardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎)

Lætentur insulæ multæ

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Born:1904.02.01 (Sotome, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1932.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1955.05.03
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1996.08.08 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, Japan † 92)

Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1932.12.17 – 1955.02.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan) (1941.04.02 [1941.04.02] – 1948.03.05)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1955.02.25 – 1968.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1978 – 1983)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – 1996.08.08)

France9. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray

(no coat-of-arms or motto)

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina
former President of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000

Born:1922.09.25 (Espelette, France)
Ordained Priest:1947.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1969.05.27
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2019.09.04 (Cambo-les-Bains, France † 96)

Priest of Bayonne (France) (1947.07.13 – 1969.03.29)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1962.08.04 – 1969.03.29)

General Secretary of Bishops’ Conference of France (1966 – 1970)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1969.03.29 – 1970.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (France) (1969.03.29 – 1970.12.22)

Archbishop of Marseille (France) (1970.12.22 – 1985.04.13)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1971 – 1979)

President of Bishops’ Conference of France (1975 – 1981)

Bishop-Prelate of Mission de France (France) (1975.11.25 – 1982.04.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leone I (1979.06.30 – 1998.06.24)

President of Pontifical Council “Cor unum” (1984.04.08 – 1995.12.02)

President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1984.04.08 – 1998.06.24)

President of Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 (1994.11.15 – 2001)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto–Santa Rufina (1998.06.24 [1998.10.04] – 2019.09.04)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals (2005.04.30 – 2017.06.10)

Italy10. Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D.

In omnia bonitate et veritate

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Born:1913.10.03 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1936.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1974.02.02
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1998.06.21 (Bocca di Magra, Italy † 84)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bari e Canosa (Italy) (1973.12.21 – 1977.08.01)

Pontifical Delegate for the Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Bari (1973.12.21 – 1977.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1977.08.01 – 1989.01.31)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1978.05.25 – 1979.05.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1979.05.18 – 1985.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1979.06.30 – 1998.06.21)

Northern Ireland11. Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich

Fratres in unum

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland)

Born:1923.11.03 (Crossmaglen, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1948.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:1977.10.02
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1990.05.08 (Lourdes, France † 66)

Priest of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1948.07.06 – 1977.08.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) (1977.08.18 – 1990.05.08)

President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1977.08.18 – 1990.05.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Patrizio (1979.06.30 – 1990.05.08)

Canada12. Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter

Pax et lux

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)

Born:1912.03.01 (Montréal, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1962.02.02
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2003.04.06 (Toronto, ON, Canada † 91)

Priest of Montréal (Canada) (1937.05.22 – 1961.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Altiburus (1961.12.01 – 1964.02.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of London (Canada) (1961.12.01 – 1964.02.17)

Bishop of London (Canada) (1964.02.17 – 1978.04.27)

President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (1975 – 1977)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) (1978.04.27 – 1990.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1979.06.30 – 2003.04.06)

Poland13. Cardinal Franciszek Macharski

Jesu in te confido

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland)

Born:1927.05.20 (Kraków, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1950.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:1979.01.06
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:2016.08.02 (Kraków, Poland † 89)

Priest of Kraków (Poland) (1950.04.02 – 1978.12.29)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1971.11.18 – 1976.12.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1976.12.14 – 1978.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków (Poland) (1978.12.29 – 2005.06.03)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1979 – 1994)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1979.06.30 – 2016.08.02)

Poland14. Cardinal Władysław Rubin

Crux Domini spes et victoria

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title
former Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Born:1917.09.20 (Toki, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1946.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1964.11.29
Created Cardinal:1979.06.30
Died:1990.11.28 (Vatican City State † 73)

Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) (1946.06.30 – 1964.11.17)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1959.12.13 – 1963.04.20)

Domestic Prelate (1963.04.20 – 1964.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1964.11.17 – 1967.02.27)

Titular Bishop of Serta (1964.11.17 – 1979.06.30)

Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops (1967.02.27 – 1979.07.12)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1979.06.30 – 1990.11.26)

Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1980.06.27 – 1985.10.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata pro hac vice Title (1990.11.26 – 1990.11.28)

China[15] Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei (龔品梅)

Ut sint unum ovile et unus pastor / 同歸一牧一盞

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto
former Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Born:1901.08.02 (Shanghai 上海, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:1930.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1949.10.07
Created Cardinal in pectore:1979.06.30
Revealed as Cardinal:1991.06.28
Died:2000.03.12 (Stamford, CT, USA † 98)

Priest of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1930.05.28 – 1949.08.09)

Bishop of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1949.08.09 – 1950.07.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Nanjing 南京 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Suzhou 蘇州 (China) (1950.07.15 – 2000.03.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1991.06.30 – 2000.03.12)

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