George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Westminster, England

Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1923		Born	Newcastle-on-Tyne
1945	21.8	Solemn Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
23 Jul 1950	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
9 Feb 1976	52.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25 Mar 1976	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
24 May 1976	53.2	Elevated to Cardinal
24 May 1976	53.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite
17 Jun 1999	76.3	Died	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

Consistory - 1976: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

a priest for 48.9 years
a bishop for 23.2 years
a cardinal for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Basil Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †
Bishop John Gerard McClean †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George Basil Cardinal Hume, O.S.B. † (1976)
Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim † (1961)
Bishop Franz von Streng † (1937)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
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 †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John Arnold
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Philip James Benedict Harvey †
Bishop David Every Konstant
Bishop James Joseph O’Brien †
Bishop Thomas McMahon
Bishop Francis Gerard Thomas †
Bishop John Patrick Crowley
Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols
Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue
Archbishop Peter Smith
Bishop Charles Caruana
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Owen Francis Swindlehurst †

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