George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff, C.S.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1905		Born
1926²	20.1	Entered	Member of Congregation of St. Basil
30 Sep 1927	21.9	Professed	Member of Congregation of St. Basil
17 Aug 1930	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of St. Basil
6 Jul 1954	48.6	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of St. Basil
10 Mar 1961	55.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
31 May 1961	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
26 Jun 1961	55.6	Installed	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
28 Apr 1969	63.5	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Apr 1969	63.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle
31 Mar 1982	76.4	Resigned	Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
22 Aug 1989	83.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for George Bernard Flahiff
(VIAF: 89672248; WikiData: Q1507000)
George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff C.S.B. (born 26 Oct 1905, died 22 Aug 1989) Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1969: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Paris, ON, Diocese of London, Ontario
Ordained Priest St. Basil's, Church, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Ordained Bishop Saint-Michel, Cathedral, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Death Place Saint Michael, Hospital, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Buried Place (Original) Priests' Plot, St. Mary's, Cemetery, Winnipeg, Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Manitoba

a priest for 59.0 years
a bishop for 28.2 years
a cardinal for 20.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Neil McNeil †
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Principal Consecrator:
James Charles Cardinal McGuigan †
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Philip Francis Pocock †
Titular Archbishop of Isauropolis
Archbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill †
Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

James Charles Cardinal McGuigan † (1930)
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario
Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Leary † (1913)
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Archbishop Pellegrino Francesco Stagni, O.S.M. † (1907)
Archbishop of L’Aquila
Casimiro Cardinal Gennari † (1881)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop John Michael Miller, C.S.B. (1974)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Omer Alfred Robidoux, O.M.I. † (1970)
Archbishop Charles Aimé Halpin † (1973)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paris, ON, Diocese of London, Ontario
Ordained Priest	St. Basil's, Church, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Michel, Cathedral, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Death Place	Saint Michael, Hospital, Toronto, Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario
Buried Place (Original)	Priests' Plot, St. Mary's, Cemetery, Winnipeg, Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Manitoba

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Number 353
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 461, Ascendance
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 75
b: Dictionnaire Biographique des Évèques Catholiques du Canada, Page 503, to Page 505

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