Edward Cassidy
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His Eminence Edward Cassidy AC |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity |
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Edward Idris Cassidy (1984)
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| See | Titular Bishop of Amantia |
| Installed | 26 February 2002 |
| Predecessor | Wladyslaw Rubin |
| Other posts | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (1989 – 2001); Official of the Secretariat of State (1988 – 1989); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands (1984 – 1988); Apostolic Delegate to South Africa (1979 – 1984); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Lesotho (1979); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Bangladesh (1973 – 1979); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to China (1970 – 1973) |
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| Ordination | 23 July 1949 (Priest) in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney |
| Consecration | 15 November 1970 (Bishop) |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata |
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| Birth name | Edward Idris Cassidy |
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5 July 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University and Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome |
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Styles of Edward Idris Cassidy |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Amantia (titular see) |
Edward Idris Cassidy AC (born 5 July 1924) is an Australian Roman Catholic cardinal priest. He is the President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He headed the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews. He was made a cardinal on 28 June 1991. He spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Cassidy was born in Sydney. During high school a priest from St. Felix's parish discouraged him from becoming a priest because he had not finished his secondary education, had not studied in Catholic schools and his family background was definitively "unsuitable", due to financial difficulties after his grandfather died in 1939. He worked at the New South Wales Department of Road Transport as a junior clerk, having to stop his schooling. In 1942, he went directly to Archbishop Norman Thomas Gilroy of Sydney to present his case for entering the priesthood; the Archbishop Gilroy agreed and he entered St. Columba's College (seminary), Springwood, in February 1943.
He was ordained a priest of the diocese of Sydney on 23 July 1949 in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, by Cardinal Gilroy. Father Edward Bede Clancy, was ordained at the same time. He volunteered to transfer to the Diocese of Wagga Wagga and in January 1950, he was assigned to the small parish of Yenda.
In 1952, Bishop Francis Henschke of Wagga Wagga asked him if he would like to go to Rome to study canon law; he agreed and left for Rome on 1 September 1952. While studying in Rome, he resided at Collegio Sant'Apollinare, next to Piazza Navona. He completed his education studying at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he obtained a doctorate in canon law in July 1955 with a dissertation on the history and juridical nature of apostolic delegations, and at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, also in Rome, from October 1953, where he obtained a diploma in diplomatic studies. After finishing his studies, he joined the Vatican diplomatic service in July 1955.
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