Paul-Pierre Philippe (16 April 1905 – 9 April 1984) O.P. was a Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Catholic Church.

Early life

He joined the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

in Paris in 1926 and was ordained on 6 July 1932. He was a faculty member of the Pontifical Athenaeum ''Angelicum'', the future

Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) A pontifical ( la, pontificale) is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy O ...

in Rome from 1935 until 1939. During the war he served as an officer in the

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. After the war he returned to Rome to teach until 1950.

Archbishop and Cardinal

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

appointed him

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of ''Erocleopoli Maggiore'' on 28 August 1962 and he was

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on 21 September of that year at the hands of Pope John. He attended the

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. He was appointed Secretary of the

Congregation for Religious The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, formerly called Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL; la, Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Soci ...

on 14 December 1959. He would remain secretary of the congregation until 28 June 1967, when he was appointed Secretary of the

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. He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Deacon of ''S. Pio V a Villa'' on 5 March 1973.

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches the next day. He opted for the order of cardinal priests and his deaconry was elevated pro hac vice to title on 2 February 1983 after being ten years as a cardinal deacon.

Bibliography

*''The Blessed Virgin and the priesthood.'' Chicago: Regnery, 1955. *''De Contemplatione Mystica in Historia.'' Romae: Angelicum, 1955. *''The Ends of the Religious Life according to Saint Thomas Aquinas.'' Athens: Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1962. *''The novitiate.'' Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1961. *''Principles for a Renewal of Religious Life : General Assembly of 1963.'' Ottawa: Canadian Religious Conference, 1964. *''Le rôle de l'amitié dans la vie chrétienne selon saint Thomas d'Aquin.'' Rome: Angelicum, 1938.

References

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