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As a cardinal elector, Baum participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. Baum was the senior cardinal priest to participate in that conclave. [13] On March 8, 2011, Baum became the longest-serving American cardinal, surpassing the record established by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore in 1921. [14]
William Donald Borders (761) was the first bishop of Orlando and the thirteenth archbishop of Baltimore (Baltimore's cathedral pictured.) Archbishop emeritus William Wakefield Baum (791) is the United States' longest-serving cardinal (arms pictured.)
Dominican Ghanaian Roman Catholic bishop [17] Adalbert Brunke: 1912–2013: 101: German Lutheran leader [18] Loris Francesco Capovilla: 1915–2016: 100: Italian Roman Catholic cardinal [19] Jan van Cauwelaert: 1914–2016: 102: Belgian Roman Catholic bishop [20] John Cavell: 1916–2017: 100: British Anglican bishop [21] Laurence Chaderton ...
James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death.
Choir dress of a cardinal, in scarlet Cardinals are senior members of the clergy of the Catholic Church who are titular clergy of the Diocese of Rome, thereby serving as the primary advisors to the Bishop of Rome. They are almost always bishops and generally hold important roles within the church, such as leading prominent archdioceses or heading dicasteries within the Roman Curia. Cardinals ...
His 36-year-long tenure was the longest in the history of the Archdiocese of Boston. He was the second-to-last surviving cardinal created by Pope Pius X behind Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte and is the third-longest serving American cardinal behind James Gibbons and William Wakefield Baum .
The Dean of the College of Cardinals, the highest ranking cardinal, was formerly the longest serving cardinal bishop, but since 1965 is elected by the Latin Church cardinal bishops from among their number, subject to papal approval. Likewise the Vice-Dean, formerly the second longest serving, is also elected.
Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, as the younger grandson of King James II of England. One of the longest-serving cardinals in ...