His Eminence Eugène Tisserant |
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Dean of the College of Cardinals | |
Cardinal Tisserant in 1958
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Appointed | 13 January 1951 |
Term ended | 21 February 1972 |
Predecessor | Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani |
Successor | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani |
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Ordination | 4 August 1907 by Charles-François Turinaz |
Consecration | 25 July 1937 by Eugenio Pacelli |
Created Cardinal | 15 June 1936 by Pius XI |
Rank | Cardinal Bishop |
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Birth name | Eugène Gabriel Gervais Laurent Tisserant |
Born |
Nancy, France |
24 March 1884
Died | 21 February 1972 Albano Laziale, Province of Rome, Italy |
(aged 87)
Nationality | French |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Eugène Tisserant |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See |
Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian) |
Ordination history of Eugène Tisserant | |
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Priestly ordination
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Ordained by | Charles-François Turinaz (Nancy) |
Date of ordination | 4 August 1907 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Eugenio Card Pacelli (Gio & Pao) |
Co-consecrators |
Giuseppe Migone (Nicomedia tit) Charles Ruch (Strasbourg) |
Date of consecration | 25 July 1937 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pius XI |
Date of elevation | 15 June 1936 |
Bishops consecrated by Eugène Tisserant as principal consecrator
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Alberto Gori | 27 December 1949 |
Sebastian Vayalil | 9 November 1950 |
Diego Venini | 4 February 1951 |
Hailé Mariam Cahsai | 1 May 1951 |
Ghebre Jesus Jacob | 1 May 1951 |
Paolo Bertoli | 11 May 1952 |
Pietro Sfair | 24 May 1953 |
Raffaele Forni | 13 September 1953 |
Joseph Parecattil | 30 November 1953 |
Giovanni Battista Montini | 12 December 1954 |
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (24 March 1884 – 21 February 1972) was a French prelate and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1936, Tisserant was a prominent and long-time member of the Roman Curia.
Eugène Tisserant was born in Nancy to Hippolyte and Octavée (née Connard) Tisserant. From 1900 to 1904, he studied theology, Sacred Scripture, Hebrew, Syriac, Old Testament, and Oriental Patrology at the seminary in Nancy. He was reportedly fluent in thirteen languages: Amharic, Arabic, Akkadian, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Russian, Syriac. He then studied in Jerusalem under Marie-Joseph Lagrange, O.P., but returned to France in 1905 for military service.