• Source: Lay cardinal

In the historical practice of the Catholic Church, a lay cardinal was a man whom the pope appointed to the College of Cardinals while still a layman. This appointment carried with it the obligation to be ordained to a clerical order, meaning that "lay cardinal" was not a permanent state, but a term in reference to a man who was appointed cardinal prior to taking on the clerical state corresponding to that appointment.
The current law of the Catholic Church is that a man must be first ordained at least a priest in order to be considered for appointment as a cardinal.




List of laymen who were created cardinals






Discontinuation


In 1917, Pope Benedict XV promulgated the first edition of the Code of Canon Law, which included a provision that a man must be first ordained a priest prior to being considered for appointment as a cardinal.
According to The New York Times, Pope Paul VI considered making the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain a cardinal in 1965.




See also


Crown cardinal
Cardinal-Infante (disambiguation)
Cardinal-nephew
List of creations of cardinals




References

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