Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1934		Born
6 Mar 1952	17.4	Entered	Member of Congregation of the Mission
1957²	22.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of the Mission
4 Oct 1959	25.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission
29 Jun 1960	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
1982²	47.2	Appointed	Under Secretary of the Secretariat for Non-Believers
1987²	52.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Secretariat for Non-Believers
25 Mar 1993	58.5	Appointed	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture
5 Mar 1997	62.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
6 Apr 1997	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
11 Feb 2004	69.3	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
2 Apr 2005	70.5	Ceased	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
21 Apr 2005	70.5	Confirmed	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
24 Mar 2006	71.5	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	71.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
13 May 2006	71.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella
4 Jan 2011	76.2	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
20 Jun 2016	81.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Franc Rodé
Franc Cardinal Rodé C.M.
(born 23 Sep 1934)
Prefect Emeritus of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Rodica, Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ordained Deacon Lazarists Fathers, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Priest Lazarists Fathers, Chapel, Paris, Archdiocese of Paris, France
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Please contact the Cardinal through the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †
Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo]
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop André-Jean-François Defebvre, C.M. †
Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo]
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar †
Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franc Perko †
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Archbishop Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †
Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar † (1980)
Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana
Archbishop Michele Cecchini † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Andrej Glavan (2000)
Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (2020)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B. (2000)
Archbishop Anton Stres, C.M. (2000)
Bishop Jurij Bizjak (2000)
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič (2001)
Bishop Anton Jamnik (2006)
Archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2007)
Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R. (2010)
Archbishop Giorgio Lingua (2010)
Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula (2010)
Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. (2010)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 59155368
WikiData: Q468883

Source(s):

i: Bollettino, 8 May 2006
r: Bollettino, 4 Jan 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,946
ab: Bollettino, 20 Jun 2016
od/c0/loc: AJ, 3 Jul 2018

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