James Knox


James Knox

President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Installed4 August 1981[1]
Term ended26 June 1983[1]
PredecessorOpilio Rossi
SuccessorEdouard Gagnon
Other post(s)5th Archbishop of Melbourne (1967–1974);
Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1974–1983)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1941[1]
by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
Consecration8 November 1953[1]
by Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
Created cardinal5 March 1973[1]
by Pope Paul VI
RankSanta Maria in Vallicella
Personal details
Born
James Robert Knox

(1914-05-02)2 May 1914
Died26 June 1983(1983-06-26) (aged 69)
Rome, Italy
BuriedSt Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
NationalityAustralian
DenominationRoman Catholic
OccupationCleric
Alma materPontifical Urbanian Athenaeum
MottoSicut dilexi vos
Styles of
James Knox
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeMelitene (titular see)

James Robert Knox GCC (2 March 1914 – 26 June 1983) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. After years as a Vatican diplomat, he served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1967 to 1974, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1974 to 1981, and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 1981 until his death in 1983. Created a cardinal in 1973, he was the first Australian to serve in the Roman Curia.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e "James Robert Cardinal Knox". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Australian Cardinal James Robert Knox". United Press International. 26 June 1983.