Jean Jadot
Jean Jadot | |
|---|---|
| President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians | |
Jean Jadot | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Titular See of Zuri |
| In office | 1980–1984 |
| Predecessor | Sergio Pignedoli |
| Successor | Francis Arinze |
| Previous post(s) | Priest |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 11 February 1934 |
| Consecration | 1 May 1968 by Leo Joseph Suenens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1909 |
| Died | 21 January 2009 (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
- ↑ "Archbishop Jean Jadot [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXII. 1980. p. 769. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ "Robert Francis Prevost [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ↑ "Archbishop Jadot, former apostolic delegate in US, dies in Belgium". Catholic News Service. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.