Cardinals Created by Leo XIII (1879-82)

1. Cardinal Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia)

Born:	1813.10.08 (Wien, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1836.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.09.04
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1892.08.20 (Hukvaldy, Czechia † 78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olomouc (Czechia) (1853.06.27 – 1892.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1880.02.27 – 1892.08.20)

2. Cardinal Florian-Jules Desprez

Spes nostra firma

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France)

Born:	1807.04.18 (Ostricourt, France)
Ordained Priest:	1829.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.01.05
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1895.01.21 (Toulouse, France † 87)

Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Réunion) ([1850.06.22] 1850.10.03 – 1857.03.19)

Bishop of Limoges (France) ([1857.02.04] 1857.03.19 – 1859.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toulouse (France) ([1859.07.30] 1859.09.26 – 1895.01.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1879.09.22 – 1895.01.21)

3. Cardinal Lajos Haynald

Patiendo mereri

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary)

Born:	1816.10.03 (Szécsény, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1839.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1891.07.04 (Kalocsa, Hungary † 74)

Titular Bishop of Hebron (1852.03.15 – 1852.10.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Transilvania (Romania) (1852.03.15 – 1852.10.15)

Bishop of Transilvania (Romania) (1852.10.15 – 1864.09.22)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1864.09.22 – 1867.05.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalocsa (Hungary) (1867.05.17 – 1891.07.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1879.09.22 – 1891.07.04)

4. Cardinal Louis-François-Desiré-Édouard Pie

Ego tuus sum

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
former Bishop of Poitiers (France)

Born:	1815.09.26 (Pontgouin, France)
Ordained Priest:	1839.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.11.25
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1880.05.17 (Angoulême, France † 64)

Bishop of Poitiers (France) (1849.09.23 – 1880.05.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1879.09.22 – 1880.05.17)

5. Cardinal Americo Ferreira dos Santos Silva

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
former Bishop of Porto (Portugal)

Born:	1829.01.16 (Porto, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1852.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.09.10
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1899.01.21 (Porto, Portugal † 70)

Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1871.06.26 – 1899.01.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1880.02.27 – 1899.01.21)

6. Cardinal Gaetano Alimonda

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy)

Born:	1818.10.23 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.11.11
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1891.05.30 (Albaro, Italy † 72)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1877.09.21 – 1879.05.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1879.09.22 – 1891.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1891.05.30)

7. Cardinal Giuseppe Pecci, S.J.

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies

Born:	1807.12.13 (Carpineto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1837
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1890.02.08 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Agata alla Suburra (1879.05.15 – 1890.02.08)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1884.02.16 – 1887.10.29)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1887.12.20 – 1890.02.08)

8. Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman, C.O.

Cor ad cor loquitur

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

Born:	1801.02.21 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:	1847.05.30
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1890.08.11 (Birmingham, England † 89)
Beatified:	2010.09.19 (Birmingham, England)
Canonised:	2019.10.13
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church:	2025.11.01

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1879.05.15 – 1890.08.11)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1890.02.08 – 1890.08.11)

Cardinal and religious of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians). Founder of Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England. Doctor of the Church.

9. Cardinal Joseph Hergenröther

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata
former Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives
former Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives

Born:	1824.09.15 (Würzburg, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1848.03.28
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1890.10.03 (Mehrerau, Germany † 66)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1879.05.15 – 1888.06.01)

Archivist of Vatican Secret Archives (1879.06.09 – 1890.10.03)

Prefect of Vatican Secret Archives (1879.06.09 – 1890.10.03)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1888.06.01 – 1890.10.03)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1890.08.11 – 1890.10.03)

10. Cardinal Tommaso Maria Zigliara, O.P.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies

Born:	1833.10.29 (Bonifacio, France)
Ordained Priest:	1856.05.17
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1893.05.10 (Roma, Italy † 59)

Rector Magnificus of College of Saint Thomas (1873 – 1879.05.12)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1879.05.15 – 1891.06.01)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1886.12.16 – 1887.10.28)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies (1887.10.28 – 1893.01.16)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1890.10.03 – 1891.06.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1891.06.01 – 1893.01.06)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1893.01.06 – 1893.05.10)

Consistory of 1879.09.19 (4)

1. Cardinal Pier Francesco Meglia

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti

Born:	1810.11.03 (Santo Stefano al Mare, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1836.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.09.25
Created Cardinal:	1879.09.19
Died:	1883.03.31 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1864.09.22 – 1879.09.19)

Apostolic Delegate to Mexico (1864.10.01 – 1866.10.26)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria (1866.10.26 – 1874.07.10)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1874.07.10 – 1883.03.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1880.02.27 – 1883.03.31)

2. Cardinal Giacomo Cattani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy)

Born:	1823.01.23 (Brisighella, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1845.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1868.07.12
Created Cardinal:	1879.09.19
Died:	1887.02.14 (Ravenna, Italy † 64)

Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (1868.03.16 – 1879.09.19)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1875.04.27 – 1879.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1879.09.22 – 1887.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1880.02.27 – 1887.02.14)

3. Cardinal Lodovico Jacobini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
former Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat

Born:	1832.01.06 (Genzano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1854.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.03.25
Created Cardinal:	1879.09.19
Died:	1887.02.28 (Roma, Italy † 55)

Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1874.03.20 – 1879.09.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1874.03.27 – 1879.09.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1880.12.16 – 1887.02.28)

Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat (1880.12.16 – 1887.02.28)

4. Cardinal Domenico Sanguigni

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana

Born:	1809.06.27 (Terracina, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.08.23
Created Cardinal:	1879.09.19
Died:	1882.11.20 (Roma, Italy † 73)

Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1874.06.15 – 1879.09.19)

Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1874.08.25 – 1879.09.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1880.02.27 – 1882.11.20)

Consistory of 1880.12.13 (4)

1. Cardinal Andon Bédros IX Hassoun (Antoine Pierre [Andon Bedros] Hassoun) (Armenian Rite)

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio
former Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon)

Born:	1809.06.15 (Constantinople, Turkiye)
Ordained Priest:	1832.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.06.19
Created Cardinal:	1880.12.13
Died:	1884.02.28 (Roma, Italy † 74)

Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1842.06.07 – 1846.08.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1842.06.07 – 1846.08.02)

Archbishop of Istanbul of the Armenians (Turkiye) (1846.08.02 – 1866.09.14)

Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) ([1866.09.14] 1867.07.12 – 1881.06)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (1880.12.16 – 1884.02.28)

[2] Cardinal Carlo Laurenzi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites

Born:	1821.01.12 (Perugia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1843.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.06.24
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1880.12.13
Revealed as Cardinal:	1884.11.10
Died:	1893.11.02 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1877.06.22 – 1879.05.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1877.06.22 – 1884.11.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1884.11.13 – 1893.11.02)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1889.02.11 – 1889)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites (1889.03.14 – 1893.11.02)

[3] Cardinal Francesco Ricci Paracciani

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio
former President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter
former Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter

Born:	1830.06.08 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1880.12.13
Revealed as Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1894.03.09 (Roma, Italy † 63)

Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1875.10.01 – 1882.03.27)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico (1882.03.30 – 1891.06.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1891.06.01 – 1894.03.09)

President of Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of Saint Peter (1892? – 1894.03.09)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (1892.10.06 – 1894.03.09)

[4] Cardinal Pietro Lasagni

Benigno numine

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
former Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Born:	1814.06.15 (Caprarola, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1836.12.17
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1880.12.13
Revealed as Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1885.04.19 (Roma, Italy † 70)

Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1875 – 1882.03.27)

Secretary of Sacred College of Cardinals (1875 – 1882.03.27)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala (1882.03.30 – 1885.04.19)

Consistory of 1882.03.27 (5)

1. Cardinal Domenico Agostini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace
former Patriarch of Venezia (Italy)

Born:	1825.05.31 (Treviso, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1851.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.12.17
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1891.12.31 (Venezia, Italy † 66)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1877.06.22)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1877.06.22 – 1891.12.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1882.03.30 – 1886.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1886.06.07 – 1891.12.31)

2. Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie

Caritas

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia)

Born:	1821.10.31 (Saint-Esprit, Huire, France)
Ordained Priest:	1849.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1863.03.22
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1892.11.25 (Algiers, Algeria † 71)

Bishop of Nancy (France) (1863.03.16 – 1867.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria) (1867.03.27 – 1892.11.25)

Founder of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (1868)

Founder of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) (1869)

Apostolic Administrator of Oran (Algeria) (1875.11.09 – 1876.04.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Tunis (Tunisia) (1881.06.28 – 1884.11.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1882.07.03 – 1892.11.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Carthage (Tunisia) (1884.11.10 – 1892.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1891.03.13 – 1892.11.25)

3. Cardinal Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D.

In fide et lenitate

former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Born:	1816.02.22 (Manresa, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1838
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.12.12
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1882.09.24 (Umbrete, Spain † 66)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1858.09.22 – 1868.03.13)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1868.03.13 – 1874.01.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1868.03.13 – 1874.01.16)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1877.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1877.06.22 – 1882.09.24)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1882.03.27 – 1882.09.24)

4. Cardinal Edward MacCabe

Aut vincere aut mori

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland)

Born:	1816.02.14 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1839.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.07.25
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1885.02.11 (Dublin, Ireland † 68)

Titular Bishop of Gadaræ (1877.06.26 – 1879.04.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1877.06.26 – 1879.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) (1879.04.04 – 1885.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1882.03.30 – 1885.02.11)

5. Cardinal Angelo Jacobini

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio
former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Born:	1825.04.25 (Genzano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1882.03.27
Died:	1886.03.02 (Roma, Italy † 60)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1875.10.03 – 1877.03.15)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1882.03.30 – 1886.03.02)

Consistory of 1882.09.25 (2)

1. Cardinal Angelo Bianchi

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede in commendum
former Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria

Born:	1817.11.19 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.11.01
Created Cardinal:	1882.09.25
Died:	1897.01.22 (Roma, Italy † 79)

Titular Archbishop of Myra (1874.10.10 – 1882.09.25)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1877.06.08 – 1879.09.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1883.03.15 – 1889.05.24)

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1886.10.01 – 1889)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Rites (1887.11.15 – 1889.03.14)

Pro-Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1889.03.14 – 1897.01.22)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1889.05.24 – 1897.01.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede in commendum (1889.05.24 – 1897.01.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Subiaco (Italy) (1889.09.23 – 1897.01.22)

2. Cardinal Wlodzimierz Czacki

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
former Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs

Born:	1834.04.16 (Poryck, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1867.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.08.17
Created Cardinal:	1882.09.25
Died:	1888.03.08 (Roma, Italy † 53)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs (1877.03.15 – 1879.08.12)

Titular Archbishop of Salamis postea Constantia (1879.08.12 – 1882.09.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1883.03.15 – 1888.03.08)