Gabriel Acacius Cardinal Coussa, B.A. †

Deceased

Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1897		Born
21 Nov 1914	17.2	Professed	Member of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
6 Jul 1918	20.9	Solemn Vows	Member of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
25 Dec 1920	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ordre Basilien Alépin (Melkite Greek)
21 Mar 1933	35.6	Appointed	Official of the Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Oriental Canon Law
16 Jul 1935	37.9	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Redaction of the Code of Oriental Canon Law
3 Mar 1946	48.5	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
26 Feb 1961	63.5	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	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Mar 1962	64.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Atanasio
24 Mar 1962	64.6	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
29 Jul 1962	64.9	Died	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

MicroData Summary for Gabriel Acacius Coussa
(VIAF: 212356011; WikiData: Q1334068)
Gabriel Acacius Cardinal Coussa B.A. (born 3 Aug 1897, died 29 Jul 1962) Secretary of Oriental Churches

Consistory - 1962: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Aleppo, Archdiocese of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 1.2 years
a cardinal for .3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos †
Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Mele †
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Bishop Giuseppe Perniciaro †
Titular Bishop of Arbanum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Aleppo, Archdiocese of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 41

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