{{Short description|French Catholic cardinal (1908–1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Jacques-Paul Martin |title = [[Prefecture of the Papal Household|Prefect Emeritus of the Papal Household]] |image = Jacques-Paul Martin 1 (cropped).jpg |church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] |appointed = 9 April 1969 |term_end = 18 December 1986 |predecessor = [[Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano]] |successor = [[Dino Monduzzi]] |other_post = [[Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re|Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re]] (1988–92) |ordination = 14 October 1934 |ordained_by = Henri Friteau |consecration = 11 February 1964 |consecrated_by = [[Paolo Marella]] |cardinal = 28 June 1988 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Deacon]] |birth_name = Jacques-Paul Martin |birth_date = 26 August 1908 |birth_place = [[Amiens]], [[France]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|09|27|1908|08|26}} |death_place = [[Vatican City]] |buried = [[Campo Verano]] (1992-97)<br>Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Neapolis in Palaestina|Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Palaestina]] (1964–86)|Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Palaestina (1986–88)}} |alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Strasbourg]]|[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]|[[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]]|[[Pontifical Lateran University]]}} |motto = ''Simpliciter et confidenter'' |coat_of_arms = [[File:Coat of arms of Jacques-Paul Martin.svg|140px]] }}
'''Jacques-Paul Martin''' (26 August 1908 – 27 September 1992) was a [[French people|French]] [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], raised to the cardinalate in 1988.
==Education and progression through the Church== Martin received his education at the [[University of Strasbourg]], where he obtained a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate in Letters]].<ref name=FIU>[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1988.htm#Martin Florida International University, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section, biographies page]</ref> He attended the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] from 1929 to 1936, where he earned a [[Doctor of Theology|Doctorate in Theology]]; this followed his thesis "Le Louis XIV de Charteaux, Dom Innocent Le Masson" ("The Carthusian Louis XIV, Dom Innocent Le Masson").<ref name="biodata"/>
Martin attended the [[Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy]] in Rome between 1936 and 1938 and the [[Pontifical Lateran University]], where he attained a [[Licentiate of Canon Law|Doctorate in Canon Law]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cardinal Jacques-Paul Martin profile|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27092554|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>
He was ordained on 14 October 1934,<ref name=CH>[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmartinj.html Catholic Hierarchy website, profile page]</ref> and studied further in Rome from 1934 to 1938. He joined the Vatican Secretariate of State in 1938. He was a member of the papal delegation to the 34th International Eucharistic Congress in [[Budapest]] (12 May 1938) and named Privy chamberlain supernumerary on 2 June 1941. He was named a [[Domestic Prelate|Domestic Prelate of His Holiness]] on 20 June 1951, and a special envoy to the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of coronation of [[Haile Selassie I]], emperor of Ethiopia in 1954. He was named Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica and protonotary apostolic supernumerary on 10 December 1958. He accompanied [[Paul VI]] on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in January 1964.<ref name="biodata"/><ref name="catholichierarchy"/>
He was elected [[titular bishop]] of Neapoli di Palestina on 5 January 1964, and consecrated on 11 February 1964 by [[Paolo Marella|Paolo Cardinal Marella]], assisted by [[Angelo Dell'Acqua]] and [[Paul-Pierre Philippe]].<ref name="catholichierarchy">{{cite web|title=Jacques-Paul Cardinal Martin|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmartinj.html|publisher=Catholic Hierarchy|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>
Martin was appointed [[Prefect]] of the [[Papal Household]] on 9 April 1969. He was promoted to the personal Title of [[Archbishop]] and given the position of Prefect Emeritus on 18 December 1986. He was created [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of ''[[Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re]]'' in the consistory of 28 June 1988.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-4.htm#299 GCatholic website, ''Cardinals created by John Paul II'']</ref> He received the red biretta and the deaconry on the same day.<ref name="biodata"/>
==Death==
Martin died in the [[Vatican City]] on 27 September 1992, aged 84,<ref name=CH /> following a [[myocardial infarction|severe heart attack]]. He was buried in the Chapel of the Canons of [[St. Peter Basilica|St. Peter's Basilica]] (inside the [[Campo Verano]] Cemetery of Rome), but was later transported to the Riconciliazione chapel inside the basilica of [[Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re]] in Rome on 2 December 1997.<ref name=FIU /><ref name="biodata">Chapeau, O.S.B. André and Fernand Combaluzier, C.M. Épiscopologe français des temps modernes, 1592-1973. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1974, pp. 405-406; Martin, Jacques. Oltre il portone di bronzo. (Appunti di un cardinale vissuto a fianco di 6 Papi). Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 1996.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
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