Charles Journet

Cardinal Journet's coat of arms

Charles Cardinal Journet (born January 26, 1891 in Geneva , Switzerland , † April 15, 1975 in Friborg ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Charles Journet studied at the seminary of Friborg trays Catholic theology and philosophy . On July 15, 1917, he received the sacrament of ordination and was subsequently parish chaplain in the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg . From 1924 to 1965 he taught systematic theology at the seminary of Friborg, which he headed for some time as rector. He founded the theological journal Nova et Vetera and over the years has earned a reputation as a world-class theologian.

In 1965 Pope Paul VI appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Furnos Maior and Furnos Minor and took him as a cardinal deacon with the title Diakonie Santa Maria in Portico in the College of Cardinals on. The episcopal ordination donated him François Charrière , the bishop of the diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg; Co- consecrators were Franz von Streng (1884–1970), Bishop of Basel and Lugano , and Bishop Louis-Séverin Haller (1895–1987), Abbot of Saint-Maurice.

Charles Journet attended the last session of the Second Vatican Council . Together with Jacques Maritain he initiated the Creed of the People of God , the Pope Paul VI. Announced in 1968. Journet was in charge of the Cardinals Commission, which was commissioned by the Pope to obtain a corrective addition to the 1966 textbook known as the Dutch Catechism . In 1967 he was appointed cardinal priest pro hac vice while retaining his titular church .

After his death, he was in the Carthusian monastery of Valsainte buried.

Victor Conzemius: Journet, Charles. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
David Berger : JOURNET, Charles. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 717-718. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Charles Cardinal Journet , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 27/1975 of June 23, 1975, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Charles Journet, un théologies contemplatif. In: Nova et vetera; Volume 66, No. 4, October – December 1991.
Philippe Chenaux, Guy Bedouelle: Charles Journet (1891–1975): un théorien en son siècle: actes du colloque de Genève. Friborg, Paris 1992.

^ Martin Klöckener: The International Council of Christians and Jews and the University of Friborg. In: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Time for New Commitments , 2009. Accessed on August 9, 2010

predecessor	Office	successor
Federico Cardinal Callori di Vignale	Cardinal Protodiacon 1971–1973	Pericle Cardinal Felici

personal data
SURNAME	Journet, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Journet, Charles Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1975
Place of death	Freiburg in Üechtland