Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier, O.P. †

Deceased

Theologian Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Apr 1922		Born
4 Jul 1946	24.1	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
2 Jul 1951	29.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
22 Aug 1991	69.3	Appointed	Theologian of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
7 Oct 2003	81.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tullia
20 Oct 2003	81.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tullia
21 Oct 2003	81.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Domenico e Sisto
21 Oct 2003	81.4	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	81.4	Appointed	Pro-Theologian of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
1 Dec 2005	83.6	Retired	Pro-Theologian of the Prefecture of the Papal Household
12 Jun 2014	92.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto
31 Mar 2016	93.9	Died	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Domenico e Sisto

MicroData Summary
Georges Marie Martin Cottier
Georges Marie Martin Cardinal Cottier O.P.
(born 25 Apr 1922, died 31 Mar 2016)
Theologian Emeritus of Prefecture of the Papal Household

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal (Non-Voting)
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Céligny, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop Santa Sabina, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 64.7 years
a bishop for 12.4 years
a cardinal for 12.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bernard Genoud †
Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg)
Archbishop Paolo Sardi †
Titular Archbishop of Sutrium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P. (1991)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Hans Hermann Cardinal Groër, O.S.B. † (1986)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Charles Morerod, O.P. (2011)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/71199
VIAF: 85161384
WikiData: Q60026

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Number 14,476
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ab: CB, 12 Jun 2014
d: CB, 1 Apr 2016
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)

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