Santa Croce in via Flaminia (cardinal title)
Cardinal priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia | ||
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Title holder's coat of arms | Built | Feb 5, 1965 |
From | Pope Paul VI | |
Title holder | Sérgio da Rocha | |
since | Nov 19, 2016 | |
Title church | Santa Croce in via Flaminia |
The title of Cardinal Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia was given by Pope Paul VI. re-created on February 5, 1965 with the Apostolic Constitution omnibus quidem at the Roman parish church of the same name Santa Croce in via Flaminia .
The title was first awarded to Josef Beran as part of the consistory of February 22, 1965 . The current title holder is Sérgio da Rocha , who took possession of his titular church on April 23, 2017.
history
The total number of cardinals was already from the predecessor Pope Paul VI, John XXIII. has been increased from approx. 60 to over 80. At his first consistory to create new cardinals, Paul VI appointed. another 27 cardinals. Of the title churches and diaconies that had been available until then, there were not enough vacancies for this, so that on February 5, 1965 the Pope appointed a total of 20 new ones through Apostolic Constitutions (nine title churches, eleven title diaconies).
Paul VI had already elevated Santa Croce in via Flaminia to a basilica minor by decree of May 12, 1964 and referred in '' omnibus quidem '' to the founding decree of Pope Pius X for the church from 1914, in which the 1600 anniversary of the Milan Edict of Tolerance, important for the history of religious freedom, was given as the reason. In this respect, it is significant that the first title holder, Josef Beran, as Archbishop of Prague, had suffered persecution, imprisonment and house arrest in Czechoslovakia.
Title holder
Until Cardinal Rocha was appointed, there were three cardinal priests of Santa Croce in via Flaminia:
Surname | country | Born | Deceased | Appointment 1 | by Pope | Remarks |
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Rocha, Sergio there | Brazil | Oct 21, 1959 | Age 60 2 | Nov 19, 2016 | Francis (Pope) | Current title holder Archbishop of Brasília |
Baum, William Wakefield | United States | Nov 21, 1926 | 23rd July 2015 | May 24, 1976 | Paul VI | Archbishop of Washington |
Kominek; Boleslaw | Poland | 23 Dec 1903 | 10 Mar 1974 | 5th Mar 1973 | Paul VI | Archbishop of Wroclaw |
Beran, Josef | Czechoslovakia | December 29, 1888 | 17th May 1969 | Feb 22, 1965 | Paul VI | Archbishop of Prague |
See also
Web links
- d1c12 .html Entry on Santa Croce in via Flaminia (Cardinal Titular Church) on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 14, 2018.
- Entry on Cardinal Title S. Croce in Via Flaminia on gcatholic.org (English); accessed on January 14, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ '' omnibus quidem '' on the Vatican website; accessed on January 14, 2018.