Gabriel-Marie Garrone
Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals (1978–79) | |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Omne bonum a Patre |
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| Styles of Gabriel-Marie Garrone | ||
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Reference style His Eminence | | |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence | |
| Informal style | Cardinal | |
| See | Torri di Numidia (titular see) | |
Gabriel-Marie Garrone (12 October 1901 in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France – 15 January 1994 in Rome, Italy) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
Gabriel-Marie Garrone was born in Aix-les-Bains, France. He entered the seminary and was educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and later, at the Pontifical French Seminary also in Rome.
Priesthood
He was
archdiocese of Chambéry during these years also. He was an officer in the French Army during World War II and a prisoner of war. After the war he was the rector of the Major Seminary of Chambéry until 1947.[1][2]
Episcopate
metropolitan see of Toulouse on 5 November 1956. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 until 1965. He was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities by Pope Paul VI on 28 January 1966. He was transferred to the titular see
of Torri di Numidia on 24 March 1966.
Cardinalate
He was created and proclaimed
October. He resigned the prefecture on 15 January 1980. He lost the right to participate in any future conclaves when he turned 80 years of age in 1981. He was appointed as the first President of the newly established Pontifical Council for Culture on 20 May 1982. He resigned the presidency in 1988. He died in 1994 and was buried temporarily at the Campo Verano, Rome, awaiting completion of his definitive tomb in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi
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References
- ^ "Gabriel-Marie Cardinal Garrone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- OCLC 53276621.
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