Eugène Tisserant
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant[1] (pronounced [øʒɛn ɡabʁijɛl ʒɛʁvɛ loʁɑ̃ tisʁɑ̃]; 24 March 1884 – 21 February 1972) was a French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1936, Tisserant was a prominent and long-time member of the Roman Curia.
Eugène Tisserant
13 January 1951
21 February 1972
- 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)
4 August 1907
by Charles-François Turinaz
25 July 1937
by Eugenio Pacelli
15 June 1936
by Pius XI
21 February 1972 (aged 87)
Albano Laziale, Province of Rome, Italy
French
- 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)
His Eminence
Your Eminence
Porto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian),
Ostia (suburbicarian)
Early life and ordination[edit]
Tisserant was born in Nancy to Hippolyte and Octavée (née Connard) Tisserant.[2] From 1900 to 1904, he studied theology, Sacred Scripture, Hebrew, Syriac, Old Testament, and Oriental Patrology at the seminary in Nancy. He then studied in Jerusalem under Marie-Joseph Lagrange, O.P., but returned to France in 1905 for military service. On 4 August 1907, Tisserant was ordained a priest by Charles-François Turinaz, Bishop of Nancy.
Professor and prelate[edit]
Tisserant served as a professor at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare and curator at the Vatican Library from 1908 to 1914, at which time he became an intelligence officer in the French Army during World War I. He was reportedly fluent in thirteen languages: Amharic, Arabic, Akkadian, English, French (native language), German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Russian and Syriac.[3]
Named assistant librarian of the Vatican Library in 1919 and Monsignor in 1921, Tisserant became Pro-Prefect of the Vatican Library on 15 November 1930 and was named a protonotary apostolic on 13 January 1936.
Ordination history of
Eugène Tisserant
Eugène Tisserant
4 August 1907
25 July 1937
15 June 1936
27 December 1949
27 December 1949
9 November 1950
4 February 1951
1 May 1951
1 May 1951
11 May 1952
24 May 1953
13 September 1953
30 November 1953
12 December 1954