Gabriel Acacius Cardinal Coussa, B.A. †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1897		Born	Aleppo
21 Nov 1914	17.3	Professed	Member of Ordre Basilien Alepin
6 Jul 1918	20.9	Solemn Professed	Member of Ordre Basilien Alepin
20 Dec 1920	23.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alepin
3 Mar 1946	48.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission of Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
26 Feb 1961	63.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti
16 Apr 1961	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria dei Greco-Melkiti
4 Aug 1961	64.0	Appointed	Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
19 Mar 1962	64.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio
19 Mar 1962	64.6	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 1962	64.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
29 Jul 1962	65.0	Died	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Consistory - 1962: Created Cardinal

a priest for 41.6 years
a bishop for 1.3 years
a cardinal for .4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos †
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Mele †
Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Gabriel Acacius Cardinal Coussa, B.A. † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 †

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