Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes

President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1934		Born	Kirchhundem, Germany
21 Dec 1961	27.3	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	70.6	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 S. Lorenzo in Piscibus
24 Nov 2007	73.2	Elevated to Cardinal
11 May 2008	73.7	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lorenzo in Piscibus

Consistory - 2007: Created Cardinal

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”.

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

Ordained Priest by:
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) †
Principal Consecrator:
Johannes Joachim Cardinal Degenhardt †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner †
Bishop Paul Heinrich Nordhues †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes (1976)
Johannes Joachim Cardinal Degenhardt † (1968)
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
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:
Bishop Johannes Kapp

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