Giovanni Cardinal Cheli

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1918		Born	Torino
21 Jun 1942	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy
8 Sep 1978	59.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta
8 Sep 1978	59.9	Appointed	Official to United Nations
16 Sep 1978	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Santa Giusta
18 Sep 1986	68.0	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
1 Mar 1989	70.4	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
21 Feb 1998	79.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano
21 Feb 1998	79.4	Elevated to Cardinal
15 Jun 1998	79.7	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
1 Mar 2008	89.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Giuseppe (Joseph) Cardinal Caprio †
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Cardinal Cheli (1978)
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Bishop Charles-Emile Freppel † (1870)
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Gustave-Maximilien-Juste Cardinal de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Antonio Cardinal Dugnani † (1785)
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ettore Di Filippo †
Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.

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