George Bernard Flahiff

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George Bernard Cardinal Flahiff , CC , CSB (born October 26, 1905 in Paris , Ontario , † August 22, 1989 in Toronto ) was a Canadian clergyman, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

George Bernard Flahiff received his theological and philosophical training in Toronto, Strasbourg and Paris . He entered 1927 in the Congregation of St. Basil and received on 17 August 1930 by the Archbishop of Toronto , Neil McNeil , the sacrament of Holy Orders . After further studies and activities in pastoral care, he worked from 1935 to 1954 as a lecturer and scientist at the Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies in Toronto, of which he was responsible secretary from 1940 to 1954. In 1947 he published an essay on Radulfus Niger's criticism of the crusade, which is still cited today . Hanna Krause wrote in her dissertation: "He was the first to arouse scientific interest in Niger and its writings and to encourage further research work that he himself could no longer do because of his elevation to Bishop of Winnipeg / Canada."

In 1948 he became a member of the general chapter of his order, from 1954 to 1960 he held the office of superior general of the congregation.

On March 10, 1961, Pope John XXIII appointed him . to the Archbishop of Winnipeg . The episcopal ordination received George Bernard Flahiff on 31 May of the same year by James Charles Cardinal McGuigan , Archbishop of Toronto; Co- consecrators were the Coadjutor Archbishop of Toronto, Philip Francis Pocock , and the Archbishop of Regina , Michael Cornelius O'Neill .

Cardinal Flahiff House in Toronto

From 1962 to 1965 he took part in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . Pope Paul VI accepted him on April 28, 1969 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle in the college of cardinals . George Bernard Flahiff participated in both conclaves in 1978.

He died in Toronto on August 22, 1989 and was buried in the priestly vault of St. Mary's Cemetery in Winnipeg.

Award

In 1974 Archbishop George Bernard Flahiff was honored with the highest order in Canada for civilians and accepted as a "Companion" in the Order of Canada . This Canadian medal is only awarded for the greatest service to Canada and humanity on a national or international level.

Publications

  • “Deus non vult”. A Critic of the Third Crusade. In: Medieval Studies 9 (1947), pp. 162-188.

literature

  • Philip Wallace Platt: Gentle Eminence: A Life of Cardinal Flahiff. Montreal 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ p. 26.
  2. ↑ Honors on approx
personal data
SURNAME Flahiff, George Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flahiff, George Bernard Cardinal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian clergyman, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1989
Place of death Toronto