Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger, P.S.S. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Apr 1904		Born
25 May 1929	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Montréal, Québec, Canada
25 Mar 1950	45.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
26 Apr 1950	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
12 Jan 1953	48.7	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	48.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
20 Apr 1968	63.9	Resigned	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
13 Nov 1991	87.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

MicroData Summary for Paul-Émile Léger
(VIAF: 32036433; WikiData: Q1369497)
Paul-Émile Cardinal Léger P.S.S. (born 26 Apr 1904, died 13 Nov 1991) Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Buried Place (Original) Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 41.5 years
a cardinal for 38.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Maurice Roy †
Archbishop of Québec
Bishop Jean-Julien Weber, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Strasbourg

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Gilles Lussier (1964)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † (1953)
Bishop Laurent Morin † (1955)
Bishop Valérien Bélanger † (1956)
Bishop Joseph Gustave Roland Prévost Godard, P.M.E. † (1957)
Bishop Alexander Carter † (1957)
Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr. † (1957)
Bishop Paul-Maurice Choquet, C.S.C. † (1959)
Bishop William Edward Power † (1960)
Paul Cardinal Grégoire † (1961)
Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter † (1962)
Bishop Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † (1964)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Buried Place (Original)	Mary, Queen of the World, Cathedral, Montréal, Archdiocese of Montréal, Québec

Source(s):

ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 128
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 24
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 293, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 744, Ascendance

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