Jean Jadot

Jean Jadot
President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians
Jean Jadot
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeTitular See of Zuri
In office1980–1984
PredecessorSergio Pignedoli
SuccessorFrancis Arinze
Previous post(s)Priest
Orders
Ordination11 February 1934
Consecration1 May 1968
by Leo Joseph Suenens
Personal details
Born(1909-11-23)23 November 1909
Died21 January 2009(2009-01-21) (aged 99)
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium

Jean Jadot (23 November 1909 – 21 January 2009) was a Belgian Catholic prelate. He was apostolic delegate to the United States from 1973 to 1980. He also was president of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1980 to 1984. He was made a bishop by Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens on 1 May 1968.[1]

On 27 June 1980, Pope John Paul II made him the Pro-President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians,[2] a role normally given to a cardinal.

On 19 June 1982, Jadot ordained Robert Francis Prevost for the Augustinians in Rome.[3] Prevost would later be elected as Pope Leo XIV on 8 May 2025.

Jadot died in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium on 21 January 2009 at the age of 99.[4]

References

  1. "Archbishop Jean Jadot [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. p. 769. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. "Robert Francis Prevost [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  4. "Archbishop Jadot, former apostolic delegate in US, dies in Belgium". Catholic News Service. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.