Dominique Joseph Cardinal Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv.

Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret

Motto: Deus Meus in Te Confido

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Jun 1963		Born
23 Sep 1984	21.2	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
20 Sep 1987	24.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
24 Sep 1989	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
8 Jan 2021	57.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
16 Feb 2021	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
4 Dec 2021	58.4	Installed	Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan, Iran
7 Dec 2024	61.4	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Dec 2024	61.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret
23 May 2025	61.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret

MicroData Summary
Dominique Joseph Mathieu
Dominique Joseph Cardinal Mathieu O.F.M. Conv.
(born 13 Jun 1963)
Archbishop of Teheran-Ispahan

Consistory - 2024: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Arlon, Belgium
Ordained Priest Damme, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Teheran-Ispahan.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Leonardo Cardinal Sandri
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Mauro Maria Cardinal Gambetti, O.F.M. Conv.
Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
Archbishop Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Leonardo Cardinal Sandri (1997)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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	Arlon, Belgium
Ordained Priest	Damme, Belgium
Ordained Bishop	Santi XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q104726645

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 8 Jan 2021
simp/mn: CB, 8 Jan 2021
ob: CB, 22 Jan 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Number 20,605
i: AM, 13 Dec 2021
card: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2024
i: Bollettino, 17 May 2025

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