Paul Cardinal Mayer, the oldest living cardinal in the Catholic Church, went to his eternal reward today, he was twenty three days short of his 99th birthday.
Card. Mayer served as Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship by Ven. John Paul II in 1984. He served in that position until 1988 when he was appointed the first president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which sought to reconcile the Society of St. Pius X, whose illegal (but valid) ordinations of four new bishops by their superior, the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, led to the bishops' excommunication. The excommunications have since been lifted by Pope Benedict XVI and talks for full communion are ongoing. He served as president until 1991.
He was also the abbot of St. Michael's Abbey in Metten, Bavaria, served as secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Second Vatican Council, and was the Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.
Please pray for the happy repose of his soul. Requiescat in Pace. +
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