Through this post we are releasing the scan of Cardinal Eugene Tisserant written by C. K. Mattom published in the year 1953.
This book is the life sketch of Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, a French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1936, Tisserant was a prominent and long-time member of the Roman Curia. Tisserant served as a professor at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare and curator at the Vatican Library from 1908 to 1914, at which time he became an intelligence officer in the French Army during World War I. He was reportedly fluent in thirteen languages: Amharic, Arabic, Akkadian, English, French (native language), German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Russian and Syriac.
Named assistant librarian of the Vatican Library in 1919 and Monsignor in 1921, Tisserant became Pro-Prefect of the Vatican Library on 15 November 1930 and was named a protonotary apostolic on 13 January 1936.
He Administered the Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches (1936 -1959). He visited Kerala for one month in November 1953 directly perceiving the vitality of the Syro Malabar Church inspired by Fr. Placid J Podipara CMI. He initiated the extension of the Syro Malabar jurisdiction beyond rivers Pampa in South India and Bharathappuzha in the North. Recognized the role of the CMI in vitalizing the Syro Malabar Church. Blessed the Foundation Stone of Dharmaram College on 8th December, 1953 and extended financial support to Dharmaram. The Library of Dharmaram College, Bangalore is named after him. The Digitization work of Indic Digital Archive foundation is taking place from this Library from November, 2022 onwards.
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- Name: Cardinal Eugene Tisserant
- Author: C. K. Mattom
- Published Year: 1953
- Number of pages: 42
- Printing : The St. Joseph’s Printing House, Thiruvalla
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