Franjo Cardinal Šeper †

Deceased

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Oct 1905		Born
26 Oct 1930	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia
22 Jul 1954	48.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
22 Jul 1954	48.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
21 Sep 1954	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
5 Mar 1960	54.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
22 Feb 1965	59.3	Elevated to Cardinal
25 Feb 1965	59.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense
8 Jan 1968	62.2	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Mar 1968	62.4	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
20 Aug 1969	63.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
29 Dec 1970	65.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
25 Nov 1981	76.1	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
25 Nov 1981	76.1	Retired	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
30 Dec 1981	76.2	Died	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

MicroData Summary
Franjo Šeper
Franjo Cardinal Šeper
(born 2 Oct 1905, died 30 Dec 1981)
Prefect Emeritus of Doctrine of the Faith

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Consistory - 1965: Created Cardinal
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Osijek, Diocese of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
Ordained Priest San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Zagreb, Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia
Death Place Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Zagreb, Archdiocese of Zagreb, Croatia

a priest for 51.1 years
a bishop for 27.2 years
a cardinal for 16.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Giuseppe Palica †
Titular Archbishop of Philippi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić †
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franjo Salis-Seewis †
Titular Bishop of Corycus
Bishop Josip Lach †
Titular Bishop of Dodona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić † (1937)
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Archbishop Antun Bauer † (1911)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
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 Priest:
Bishop Karl Golser † (1968)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Celestin Bezmalinović, O.P. † (1956)
Bishop Alfred Pichler † (1959)
Bishop Josip Arnerić † (1961)
Archbishop Jože Pogačnik † (1963)
Franjo Cardinal Kuharić † (1964)
Bishop Luigi Bongianino † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Matija Matiša Zvekanović † (1956)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 9880984
WikiData: Q506548

Source(s):

c3+: CB
pres/xpbc: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 93
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 570, Ascendance
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 646
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1954, Number 58

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