Eugène Tisserant

His Eminence Eugène Tisserant
Dean of the College of Cardinals
Cardinal Tisserant in 1958
Appointed	13 January 1951
Term ended	21 February 1972
Predecessor	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
Successor	Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Other posts	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (1951–1972) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1946–1972) Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (1960–1972)
Orders
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
Personal details
Birth name	Eugène Gabriel Gervais Laurent Tisserant
Born	(1884-03-24)24 March 1884 Nancy, France
Died	21 February 1972(1972-02-21) (aged 87) Albano Laziale, Province of Rome, Italy
Nationality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (1936-1937) Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1936-1959) Titular Archbishop of Iconium (1937-1946) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (1937-1939) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1939-1946) Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies (1951–1967) Librarian of the Vatican Library (1957–1971) Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1957–1971)

Styles of Eugène Tisserant

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian), Ostia (suburbicarian)

Ordination history of Eugène Tisserant
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Charles-François Turinaz (Nancy)
Date of ordination	4 August 1907
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Eugenio Card Pacelli (Gio & Pao)
Co-consecrators	Giuseppe Migone (Nicomedia tit) Charles Ruch (Strasbourg)
Date of consecration	25 July 1937
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pius XI
Date of elevation	15 June 1936
Bishops consecrated by Eugène Tisserant as principal consecrator
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.

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