Santa Croce in via Flaminia (cardinal title)

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Cardinal priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia
Title holder's coat of arms
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
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 05th Mar 1973 Paul VI Archbishop of Wroclaw
Beran, Josef Czechoslovakia December 29, 1888 17th May 1969 Feb 22, 1965 Paul VI Archbishop of Prague
1In modern times, the appointment takes place regularly on the day of creation in the consistory
2At the age of 80, cardinals lose their active papal suffrage

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  1. ↑ '' omnibus quidem '' on the Vatican website; accessed on January 14, 2018.