Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B.

President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 May 1911		Born	Altötting, Germany
17 May 1931	20.0	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
25 Aug 1935	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
8 Sep 1971	60.3	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
6 Jan 1972	60.6	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Satrianum
13 Feb 1972	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Satrianum
8 Apr 1984	72.9	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments
25 May 1985	74.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino
25 May 1985	74.0	Elevated to Cardinal
27 May 1985	74.0	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments
1 Jul 1988	77.1	Resigned	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
2 Jul 1988	77.1	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
1 Jul 1991	80.1	Retired	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
29 Jan 1996	84.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino

Consistory - 1985: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”.

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Principal Consecrator:
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink †
William John Cardinal Conway †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer, O.S.B. (1972)
Pope Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini † (1954)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Abbot Martino Matronola, O.S.B. †
Bishop Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †

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