Cardinals Created by John Paul II (1983)

Consistory of 1983.02.02 (18)Papal Speeches

Lebanon1. Cardinal Antoine Pierre Khoraiche (Antoine Khoraiche) (Maronite Rite)

Gloria libani data est ei

former Cardinal-Patriarch
former Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon)

Born:1907.09.20 (Ain Ebel, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:1930.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:1950.10.15
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:1994.08.19 (Beirut, Lebanon † 86)

Priest of Tyr of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1930.04.12 – 1950.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites (1950.04.25 – 1957.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1950.04.25 – 1957.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1955 – 1957.11.25)

Bishop of Saïdā of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1957.11.25 – 1975.02.03)

Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites (Lebanon) ([1975.02.03] 1975.02.15 – 1986.04.03)

President of Synod of the Maronite Church (1975.11.25 – 1985)

President of Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon (1975.11.25 – 1985)

Cardinal-Patriarch (1983.02.02 – 1994.08.19)

Cote d’Ivoire2. Cardinal Bernard Yago

Ut omnes unum sint

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Born:1916.07 (Pass, Cote d’Ivoire)
Ordained Priest:1947.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:1997.10.05 (Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire † 81)

Priest of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1947.05.01 – 1960.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1960.04.05 – 1994.12.19)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire (1970 – 1993)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1983.02.02 – 1997.10.05)

Italy3. Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani

Radicatus in caritate

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title
former Bishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy)
former President of Fabric of Saint Peter
former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter
former Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy)

Born:1912.10.18 (Casal Fiumanese, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:1965.07.25
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2003.04.19 (Vatican City State † 90)

Priest of Imola (Italy) (1935.07.26 – 1965.06.24)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1943.09.30 – 1965.06.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Loreto (Italy) (1965.06.24 – 1971.09.25)

Titular Archbishop of Iustiniana prima (1965.06.24 – 1983.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Cingoli (1968 – 1969)

Vicar of the Chapter of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1971 – 1983.02.02)

Secretary of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1971.09.30 – 1982.05.17)

Pro-Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1982.05.17 – 1983.02.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine (1983.02.02 – 1993.04.05)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1983.02.03 – 1988.07.01)

President of Fabric of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1983.02.08 – 1991.07.01)

Protodeacon of College of Cardinals (1990.11.26 – 1993.04.05)

Vicar General for the Vatican City State of Roma (Italy) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2003.04.19)

Croatia4. Cardinal Franjo Kuharić

Deus caritas est

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Born:1919.04.15 (Pribić, Croatia)
Ordained Priest:1945.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:1964.05.03
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2002.03.11 (Zagreb, Croatia † 82)

Priest of Zagreb (Croatia) (1945.07.15 – 1964.02.15)

Titular Bishop of Meta (1964.02.15 – 1970.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1964.02.15 – 1970.06.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia) (1970.06.16 – 1997.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Girolamo dei Croati (1983.02.02 – 2002.03.11)

President of Croatian Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 1997)

Italy5. Cardinal Giuseppe Casoria

A Domino avrea domus

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title
former Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship

Born:1908.10.01 (ZagrebAcerra, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1930.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1972.02.13
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2001.02.08 (Roma, Italy † 92)

Priest of Acerra (Italy) (1930.12.21 – 1972.01.06)

Defender of the Bond of Sacred Roman Rota (1939 – 1952)

Undersecretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1959 – 1969)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1969.04.09 – 1973.02.02)

Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo (1972.01.06 – 1983.02.02)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints (1973.02.02 – 1981.08.24)

Pro-Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship (1981.08.24 – 1983.02.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale (1983.02.02 – 1993.04.05)

Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship (1983.02.03 – 1984.04.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale pro hac vice Title (1993.04.05 – 2001.02.08)

Venezuela6. Cardinal José Alí Lebrún Moratinos

Veritatem facientes in caritate

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Born:1919.03.19 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela)
Ordained Priest:1943.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1956.09.02
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2001.02.21 (Caracas, Venezuela † 81)

Priest of Valencia (Venezuela) (1943.12.19 – 1956.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Aradus (1956.08.02 – 1958.06.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) (1956.08.02 – 1958.06.21)

Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela) (1958.06.21 – 1962.03.19)

Bishop of Valencia (Venezuela) (1962.03.19 – 1972.09.21)

Titular Archbishop of Voncaria (1972.09.21 – 1980.05.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1972.09.21 – 1980.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1980.05.24 – 1995.05.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1983.02.02 – 2001.02.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (1984 – 1990)

USA7. Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin

As those who serve

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA)

Born:1928.04.02 (Columbia, SC, USA)
Ordained Priest:1952.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:1966.04.26
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:1996.11.14 (Chicago, IL, USA † 68)

Priest of Charleston (USA) (1952.04.26 – 1966.03.04)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1959.12.18 – 1962)

Domestic Prelate (1962 – 1966.03.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta (USA) (1966.03.04 – 1968)

Titular Bishop of Lugura (1966.03.04 – 1972.11.21)

General Secretary of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1968 – 1972)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cincinnati (USA) (1972.11.21 – 1982.07.08)

President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1974 – 1977)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago (USA) (1982.07.08 – 1996.11.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Lavoratore (1983.02.02 – 1996.11.14)

Thailand8. Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu (95)Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu (95)

Per crucem ad lucem

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna
Protopriest of College of Cardinals
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangkok (Thailand)

Born:1929.01.25 (Samphran, Thailand)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1973.06.03
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02

Priest of Bangkok (Thailand) (1959.12.20 – 1972.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand) (1972.12.18 – 2009.05.14)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1979 – 1982)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1983.02.02 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1985 – 1991)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (1994 – 1997)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand (2000 – 2006)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (2016.12.14 – ...)

Angola9. Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento (99)Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento (99)

Turres fortissima nomen Domini

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Luanda (Angola)

Born:1925.03.01 (Malanje, Angola)
Ordained Priest:1952.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1975.08.31
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02

Priest of Malanje (Angola) (1952.12.20 – 1975.08.10)

Bishop of Malanje (Angola) (1975.08.10 – 1977.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubango (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Ondjiva (Angola) (1977.02.03 – 1986.02.16)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1983 – 1991)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in Agro Laurentino (1983.02.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Luanda (Angola) (1986.02.16 – 2001.01.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (1990 – 1997)

Colombia10. Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo

Veritas et caritate

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
former President of Pontifical Council for the Family

Born:1935.11.08 (Villahermosa, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1960.11.13
Consecrated Bishop:1971.03.25
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2008.04.19 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1960.11.13 – 1971.02.25)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1971.02.25 – 1978.05.22)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972 – 1979)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1978.05.22 – 1979.06.02)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia) (1979.06.02 – 1991.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1983.02.02 – 2001.11.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Colombia (1987 – 1990)

President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1990.11.08 – 2008.04.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2001.11.17 [2002.04.27] – 2008.04.19)

Belgium11. Cardinal Godfried Danneels

Apparuit humanitas Dei nostri

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium)
former Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium)

Born:1933.06.04 (Kanegem, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1957.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1977.12.18
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2019.03.14 (Malines, Belgium † 85)

Priest of Brugge (Belgium) (1957.08.17 – 1977.11.04)

Bishop of Antwerpen (Belgium) (1977.11.04 – 1979.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mechelen–Brussel (Belgium) (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Belgium (1979.12.19 – 2010.01.18)

Military Vicar of Belgium (Belgium) (1980.09.15 – 1986.07.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1983.02.02 – 2019.03.14)

Military Ordinary of Belgium (Belgium) (1986.07.21 – 2010.01.18)

New Zealand12. Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams

Unity is Christ

former Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti
former Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand)

Born:1930.03.20 (Wellington, New Zealand)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1979.12.20
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2023.12.22 (Waikanae, New Zealand † 93)

Priest of Wellington (New Zealand) (1959.12.20 – 1979.10.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) (1979.10.30 – 2005.03.21)

President of New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (1980 – 1988)

Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983.02.02 – 2023.12.22)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (1992 – 1999)

Military Ordinary of New Zealand (New Zealand) (1995.06.01 – 2005.04.01)

Italy13. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J.

Pro veritate adversa diligere

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy)

Born:1927.02.15 (Torino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1952.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1980.01.06
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2012.08.31 (Gallarate, Italy † 85)

Rector of Pontifical Biblical Institute (Biblicum) (1969.09.29 – 1978.07.18)

Rector Magnificus of Pontifical Gregorian University (1978.07.18 – 1979.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1979.12.29 – 2002.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1983.02.02 – 2012.08.31)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1986 – 1993)

France14. Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger

Rien n’est impossible à Dieu

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France)
former Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France)

Born:1926.09.17 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1954.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:1979.12.08
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2007.08.05 (Paris, France † 80)

Priest of Paris (France) (1954.04.17 – 1979.11.10)

Bishop of Orléans (France) (1979.11.10 – 1981.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris (France) (1981.01.31 – 2005.02.11)

Ordinary of France of the Eastern Rite (France) (1981.03.12 – 2005.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1983.02.02 – 1994.11.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luigi dei Francesi (1994.11.26 – 2007.08.05)

Poland15. Cardinal Józef Glemp

Caritati in Justitia

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland)
former Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland)

Born:1929.12.18 (Inowroclaw, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1956.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1979.04.21
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2013.01.23 (Warszawa, Poland † 83)

Priest of Gniezno (Poland) (1956.05.25 – 1979.03.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1972.11.29 – 1979.03.04)

Bishop of Warmia (Poland) (1979.03.04 – 1981.07.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1981 – 2004.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 1992.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine) (1981.07.07 – 1992.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Warszawa (Poland) (1981.07.07 – 2006.12.06)

Ordinary of Poland of the Eastern Rite (Poland) (1981.09.18 – 2007.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1983.02.02 – 2013.01.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa (Poland) (2007.01.07 – 2007.03.03)

Latvia16. Cardinal Julijans Vaivods

Ad Jesum per Mariam

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati

Born:1895.08.18 (Bernāne, Latvia)
Ordained Priest:1918.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:1964.11.18
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:1990.05.24 (Riga, Latvia † 94)

Priest of Liepāja (Latvia) (1918.04.07 – 1964.11.10)

Domestic Prelate (1949.07.04 – 1964.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Macriana maior (1964.11.10 – 1983.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Liepāja (Latvia) (1964.11.10 – 1990.05.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Riga (Latvia) (1964.11.10 – 1990.05.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia (1970 – 1990.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1983.02.02 – 1990.05.24)

Germany17. Cardinal Joachim Meisner

Spes nostra firma

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)

Born:1933.12.25 (Breslau-Lissa, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1975.05.17
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:2017.07.05 (Bad Füssing, Germany † 83)

Priest of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1962.12.22 – 1975.03.17)

Titular Bishop of Vina (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt–Meiningen (Germany) (1975.03.17 – 1980.04.22)

Bishop of Berlin (Germany) (1980.04.22 – 1988.12.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1983.02.02 – 2017.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany) (1988.12.20 – 2014.02.28)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (1995.11.06 – 2014.02.24)

France18. Cardinal Henri-Marie de Lubac, S.J.

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica

Born:1896.02.20 (Cambrai, France)
Ordained Priest:1927.08.22
Created Cardinal:1983.02.02
Died:1991.09.04 (Paris, France † 95)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1983.02.02 – 1991.09.04)

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