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Cardinals Created by Leo XIII (1884-6)

Consistory of 1884.03.24 (2)

Portugal1. Cardinal José Sebastião Neto, O.F.M. Disc.

Soli deo omnis honor et gloria

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli
former Patriarch of Lisboa (Portugal)

Italy2. Cardinal Guglielmo Sanfelice D’Acquavilla, O.S.B. Cas.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy)

Born:1834.04.14 (Aversa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1857.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1878.07.21
Created Cardinal:1884.03.24
Died:1897.01.03 (Napoli, Italy † 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1878.07.18 – 1897.01.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1884.03.27 – 1897.01.03)

Consistory of 1884.11.10 (8)

Italy1. Cardinal Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. Cas.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy)

Born:1814.01.13 (Palermo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1836.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:1860.04.15
Created Cardinal:1884.11.10
Died:1904.04.14 (Palermo, Italy † 90)

Abbot Ordinary of Montecassino (Italy) (1850.03.25 – 1858.04)

Bishop of Patti (Italy) (1860.03.23 – 1871.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1904.04.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1884.11.13 – 1887.11.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1887.11.25 – 1904.04.14)

Spain2. Cardinal Antolín Monescillo y Viso

Monstra te esse matrem

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

Ethiopia3. Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia, O.F.M. Cap.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio
former Vicar Apostolic of Galla (Ethiopia)

Austria4. Cardinal Cölestin Ganglbauer, O.S.B.

Crux sacra lux mihi

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria)

Born:1817.08.20 (Thanstetten, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1843.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1881.08.28
Created Cardinal:1884.11.10
Died:1889.12.14 (Wien, Austria † 72)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wien (Austria) (1881.08.04 – 1889.12.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1886.06.10 – 1889.12.14)

Spain5. Cardinal Ceferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Italy6. Cardinal Carmine Gori-Merosi

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria ad Martyres
former Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy)
former Secretary of Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Italy7. Cardinal Ignazio Masotti

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars

Italy8. Cardinal Isidoro Verga

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Consistory of 1885.07.27 (6)

Germany1. Cardinal Paul Melchers, S.J.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Köln (Germany)
former Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals

Italy2. Cardinal Alfonso Capecelatro di Castelpagano, C.O.

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Capua (Italy)

Italy3. Cardinal Francesco Battaglini

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

Born:1823.03.13 (Mirabello, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1845.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1879.03.09
Created Cardinal:1885.07.27
Died:1892.07.08 (Barbiano, Italy † 69)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1879.02.28 – 1882.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1882.07.03 – 1892.07.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1885.07.30 – 1892.07.08)

Australia4. Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran

Omnia omnibus

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Born:1830.12.16 (Leighlinbridge, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1853.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1872.03.05
Created Cardinal:1885.07.27
Died:1911.08.16 (Manly, New South Wales, Australia † 80)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1872.08.11 – 1884.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1884.03.14 – 1911.08.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1885.07.30 – 1911.08.16)

Italy5. Cardinal Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. Oliv.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Index
former Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library

Italy6. Cardinal Carlo Cristofori

former Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics

Consistory of 1886.06.07 (7)

France1. Cardinal Victor-Felix Bernadou

Fide et lenitate

former Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France)

Born:1816.06.25 (Castres, France)
Ordained Priest:1840.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1862.06.29
Created Cardinal:1886.06.07
Died:1891.11.15 (Sens, France † 75)

Bishop of Gap (France) ([1862.01.10] 1862.04.07 – 1867.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sens (France) ([1867.05.16] 1867.07.12 – 1891.11.15)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio (1887.03.17 – 1891.11.15)

Canada2. Cardinal Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau

In fide spe et caritate certandum

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada)

Born:1820.02.17 (Sainte-Marie de la Beauce, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1842.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:1871.03.19
Created Cardinal:1886.06.07
Died:1898.04.12 (Québec, QC, Canada † 78)

Priest of Québec (Canada) (1842.09.10 – 1870.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) (1870.12.24 – 1898.04.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Vittoria (1887.03.17 – 1898.04.12)

France3. Cardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux

Christus vivat in me

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France)

Born:1824.10.15 (Villefranche-sur-Saone, France)
Ordained Priest:1850.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1873.10.28
Created Cardinal:1886.06.07
Died:1905.01.01 (Reims, France † 80)

Bishop of Tarbes (France) (1873.07.25 – 1874.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Reims (France) (1874.12.21 – 1905.01.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1887.03.17 – 1905.01.01)

USA4. Cardinal James Gibbons

Emitte spiritum tuum

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore (USA)

France5. Cardinal Charles-Philippe Place

Tua voluntas Deus

former Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France)

Born:1814.02.14 (Paris, France)
Ordained Priest:1850.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1866.08.26
Created Cardinal:1886.06.07
Died:1893.03.05 (Rennes, France † 79)

Bishop of Marseille (France) (1866.06.22 – 1878.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rennes (France) (1878.07.15 – 1893.03.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova (1887.03.17 – 1893.03.05)

Italy6. Cardinal Augusto Theodoli

Vicissim subimus victoriæ

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala
former Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces

Italy7. Cardinal Camillo Mazzella, S.J.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Studies