Jean Cardinal Verdier, P.S.S. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Paris, France

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina

Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Feb 1864		Born
9 Apr 1887	23.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice
16 Jul 1929	65.4	Appointed	Superior General of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice
18 Nov 1929	65.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Paris, France
16 Dec 1929	65.8	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Dec 1929	65.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
29 Dec 1929	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Paris, France
9 Apr 1940	76.1	Died	Archbishop of Paris, France

MicroData Summary
Jean Verdier
Jean Cardinal Verdier P.S.S.
(born 19 Feb 1864, died 9 Apr 1940)
Archbishop of Paris

Consistory - December 1929: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1939: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Lacroix-Barrez, Diocese of Rodez
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Paris, Archdiocese of Paris
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris

a priest for 53.0 years
a bishop for 10.2 years
a cardinal for 10.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius XI
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart, C.O. †
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Bishop Emanuel-Anatole-Raphaël Chaptal de Chanteloup †
Titular Bishop of Isinda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier † (1931)
Bishop Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † (1931)
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1932)
Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † (1932)
Bishop Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe † (1932)
Bishop Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † (1933)
Archbishop Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (1933)
Bishop Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères † (1935)
Bishop John Francis Hackett † (1935)
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines † (1936)
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety † (1938)
Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † (1938)
Bishop Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † (1939)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Baltasar Álvarez Restrepo † (1931)
Bishop Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie † (1931)
Bishop Maurice-Jean-Fernand-Alexis Pourchet † (1931)
Father Joseph Faye, C.S.Sp. † (1931)
Archbishop Marc-Armand Lallier † (1932)
Archbishop Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (1932)
Bishop Louis Marie Henri Mazerat † (1932)
Bishop Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † (1933)
Bishop Gérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe † (1933)
Bishop Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † (1934)
Archbishop Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (1934)
Bishop Robert Marie-Joseph François de Provenchères † (1935)
Bishop John Francis Hackett † (1936)
Bishop Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril † (1937)
Bishop Vincent Joseph Hines † (1937)
Bishop Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard † (1939)
Pierre Marie Joseph Cardinal Veuillot † (1939)
Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety † (1939)
Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. † (1939)
Bishop Jean-Marie-Clément Badré † (1939)
Bishop Dominique Hoàng Van Ðoàn, O.P. † (1939)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † (1932)
Bishop Jean Marie Patrice Flynn † (1932)
Bishop Georges-Eugène-Emile Choquet † (1935)
Archbishop Roger-Henri-Marie Beaussart † (1935)
Archbishop Pierre-Maurice-Marie Rivière † (1936)
Archbishop Charles-Albert Gounot, C.M. † (1937)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/116767
VIAF: 73887785
WikiData: Q959492

Source(s):

c2+: LC
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1929, Number 85

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