José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jan 1932		Born	Gagos de Jarmelo, Portugal
16 Mar 1957	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
26 May 1988	56.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica
26 May 1988	56.4	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
2 Jul 1988	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thuburnica
30 May 1998	66.4	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
21 Feb 2001	69.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore
21 Feb 2001	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal
2 Apr 2005	73.2	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
21 Apr 2005	73.3	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
9 Jul 2008	76.5	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Ettore Cunial †
Principal Consecrator:
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Jan Pieter Cardinal Schotte, C.I.C.M. †
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. (1988)
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
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)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel António Mendes dos Santos, C.M.F.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto

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