Édouard Gagnon
Cardinal Edouard Gagnon PSS ( born January 15, 1918 in Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada; † August 25, 2007 in Montreal ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Life
Edouard Gagnon studied Catholic theology and philosophy in Montreal and completed his training with the licentiate and doctorate in theology from. In 1940 he received the sacrament of Holy Orders. After further study, he received his doctorate in 1944 at the University of Quebec in the Department of Canon Law. Subsequently, he taught moral theology and canon law, before he rector of the Seminary of Manitoba was in 1954. He participated as Peritus at Vatican II and provided the object of the Superior General of the Sulpician from Canada, Latin America and Japan.
In 1969 he became bishop of St. Paul in Alberta. He received his episcopal consecration on March 25, 1969 Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio.
Three years later he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. rector of the Pontifical Founded in 1888, Canadian College in Rome and a few months later as president of the committee for family affairs. With the establishment of the Pontifical Council for the Family Gagnon in 1983 its first per - President (the term for a president who is not in the cardinal rank ). As Titular him Titularerzbistum Iustiniana Prima was awarded. Pope John Paul II took Gagnon in 1985 as a cardinal deacon with the title Diakonia Sant Elena fuori Porta Prenestina in the College of Cardinals, and shortly afterwards he appointed him President of the Council for the Family. He was elevated to cardinal priest with the titular church of San Marcello in 1996. From 1991 to 2001 he served as president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses; In 1987, Gagnon a visitation by institutions and training centers of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X ( SSPX ), and sat down in the following years for a mediation between the Vatican and the SSPX, which failed due to preconditions of the Brotherhood. On August 25, 2007 Edouard Gagnon died at the age of 89 years in Montreal.