1. Jacques-Paul Martin was a French Roman Catholic cardinal, raised to the cardinalate in 1988.
16 Facts About Jacques-Paul Martin
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Jacques-Paul Martin attended the Pontifical Gregorian University from 1929 to 1936, where he earned a Doctorate in Theology; this followed his thesis "Le Louis XIV de Charteaux, Dom Innocent Le Masson".
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Jacques-Paul Martin attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome between 1936 and 1938 and the Pontifical Lateran University, where he attained a Doctorate in Canon Law.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was ordained on 14 October 1934, and studied further in Rome from 1934 to 1938.
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Jacques-Paul Martin joined the Vatican Secretariate of State in 1938.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was a member of the papal delegation to the 34th International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest and named Privy chamberlain supernumerary on 2 June 1941.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was named a Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on 20 June 1951, and a special envoy to the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of coronation of Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia in 1954.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was named Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica and protonotary apostolic supernumerary on 10 December 1958.
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Jacques-Paul Martin accompanied Paul VI on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in January 1964.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was elected titular bishop of Neapoli di Palestina on 5 January 1964, and consecrated on 11 February 1964 by Paolo Cardinal Marella, assisted by Angelo Dell'Acqua and Paul-Pierre Philippe.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was appointed Prefect of the Papal Household on 9 April 1969.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was promoted to the personal Title of Archbishop and given the position of Prefect Emeritus on 18 December 1986.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was created cardinal deacon in the consistory of 28 June 1988.
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Jacques-Paul Martin received the red biretta and the deaconry of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re on the same day.
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Jacques-Paul Martin died in the Vatican City on 27 September 1992, aged 84, following a severe heart attack.
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Jacques-Paul Martin was buried in the Chapel of the Canons of St Peter's Basilica, but was later transported to the Riconciliazione chapel inside the basilica of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re in Rome on 2 December 1997.