Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes

President Emeritus of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Piscibus

Note(s): (President Emeritus of Pont. Council “Cor Unum”)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1934		Born
21 Dec 1961	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
27 Oct 1975	41.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naissus
27 Oct 1975	41.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
1 Feb 1976	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naissus
11 Mar 1980	45.5	Appointed	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
2 Dec 1995	61.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Naissus
2 Dec 1995	61.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
2 Apr 2005	70.5	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
21 Apr 2005	70.6	Confirmed	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
24 Nov 2007	73.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Piscibus
24 Nov 2007	73.2	Elevated to Cardinal
11 May 2008	73.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Lorenzo in Piscibus
7 Oct 2010	76.0	Retired	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
19 May 2018	83.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Piscibus

MicroData Summary for Paul Josef Cordes
(VIAF: 101930428; WikiData: Q61159)
Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes (born 5 Sep 1934) President Emeritus of Promoting Integral Human Development

Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Kirchhundem, Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany
Ordained Bishop Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner †
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Paul Heinrich Nordhues †
Titular Bishop of Cos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † (1968)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Kapp † (1976)
Bishop José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (2012)
Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kirchhundem, Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany
Ordained Bishop	Paderborn, Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 7 Oct 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 168, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ab: Bollettino, 19 May 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 34, Number 2,095

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